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BOSS Community - CDAC

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Get explore to the GNU/LINUX Community of our Nation...


Come here to find out the Indian Version of GNU/LINUX..

This is a half day workshop on BOSS Community Development handled by CDAC.

About BOSS Community:

The National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) has been promoted by the Department of information Technology, Min. of Comm. & IT, Government of India to address the issues related to FOSS in the Indian context. NRCFOSS (http://nrcfoss.org.in) aims to explore how FOSS can play the twin roles of helping to bridge the digital divide as well as strengthening the Indian software industry.

As part of the NRCFOSS activities, CDAC Chennai has developed  Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS), a  local Indian GNU/Linux distribution.Derived from Debian distro, BOSS  (http://bosslinux.in) has an enhanced Desktop Environment integrating Indian language support and other packages that are relevant for use in the Indian government domain. EduBOSS, the educational variant is customized for school education domain and a BOSS server edition is available to suite Enterprise users. BOSS has been deployed in government agencies like ChiPS (Chhattisgarh), Indian Navy and currently in various departments of the State Govt. of Tamilnadu.

The workshop session at Carte Blanche 2012 aims to enhance the reach and scope of BOSS Community to enable wider use of FOSS tools and applications in government, academia and industry. Apart from a presentation of BOSS features and deployments, there will be a discussion on how students and other FOSS enthusiasts could join the BOSS forums for bug reporting & resolution, take up projects to enhance the language and application features and meet the wide range of requirements from existing and potential BOSS users.


No Pre-Knowledge is required for the Participants:

* Its a Govt. certified Workshop *

DATE: March 24th (Saturday)

TIME: 1pm - 4pm


Registration Fees:

Rs. 150 /- per participant

(which will include the certificate and other kit materials such as bag, notepad, pen etc,.)


Registration Details:

Follow the below instructions to register yourself for the workshop:

1. At first, if you wish to register online, mail the following details of every candidate to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject - "CDAC Workshop Registration"

Name, College Name, Department, Phone No, E-mail

2. We will acknowledge you with a workshop id and your slots will be confirmed. Then you can pay the Registration fee onsite itself.

3. Preference will be given to the Registered persons.

 

 

For any clarification or queries mail to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For contact:   Prakash - 98402 31513, Santhosh - 97886 16411

FOSS Demos

FOSS DEMOS

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."  - Marilyn vos Savant

Free Software Demos has always been the prime focus of CSMIT's Carte Blanche series, ever since its start.To be more precise, Free Software Demos were being held @ MIT even before the launch of the annular festival Carte Blanche. Carrying such a pride over its name, Demos of Carte Blanche'12 are going to be no less than any of its predecessors.

 

What exactly is it?

This is the key part of the fest, where students from various colleges, FOSS clubs and GNU/Linux user groups exhibit the power of Free Software by demonstrating the features of Free Software – be it a multimedia application, a programming tool, a circuit simulator, an animation software or any software for any domain.

This is not only an introduction to Free Software for beginners, but also a place where Free Software enthusiasts from various domains share their experience and get updated about the new tools and improvements in various domains of software.

A team of two to four volunteers guide the audience through the chosen Free Software, right from its installation to the latest research work going on in that. The volunteers
  • run through the installation procedure
  • give a live demo of the software
  • guide you with the explanation of the basic features
  • show you interesting tips/shortcuts/unexplored features of the tool
  • help you out with your queries or problems encountered with the tool
  • provide the software package& documentation for further use
Who can visit?

School&College students, MITians, Non- engineering graduates, employees..... Anyone & Everyone. Its open to ALL.  We assure that once you visit our demo stalls, you will be packed with loads of interesting information and good Free Software knowledge, which we are also sure you would always regret for having missed.

Whatever be your level of experience with Free Software, this is the place meant for you..

When & Where?

Date: 18/03/2012 and 19/03/2012

Time: 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM

Venue: Hangar 1, MIT, Chromepet

And if any of you or your college is willing to present any Demo related to Free Software, please contact:

Vimalesh R

vimalrkambat [at] gmail.com    +91 96263 43271


 

Trapped

Trapped

The Thirsty Hunt !!

 

Bored? Time to spare? Spouse giving you grief? Get away from it all and spend hours sat at a PC online ripping your hair out.

Who knows, you may actually learn something along the way!

 

Simply put, as it says in the title, it’s an online treasure hunt designed to pit your wits and intelligence against us and other players. You’re probably wondering what’s in it for you…and that’s a good question.

Why would you embark on an insanely foolish adventure, plumbing the depths of my devious, often obscure imagination, unless you get something at the end for all of your work? The hunt has got more gruelling, the competition more cold-blooded and the stakes more enticing.

 

The event has ended. Winners have been announced. Click here to find out who are the winners and to play too.

Open Hardware - Arduino

 

Are you a dreamer like this?

Jump into our workshop and get your hands dirty.
Explore the engineer inside you !!

This is an One day workshop on Open source Embedded Platform - Arduino. This will be a introductory session which would expose you to the answers of following questions:

  • What is an Embedded System ?
  • What is an Open hardware ?
  • What makes one a true engineer ?
  • Where to start ?
  • How would i design an embedded system ?
  • How to choose the right controller and components for my system ?

The workshop includes a theory session which would Demystify the design procedure.
It also includes a Hands On session wherein you will be trained to use the Arduino kit, write your programs and visualize your dreams of making your own gadgets

What is an Arduino?
Arduino is a open-source prototyping platform that simplifies the process of getting to build projects on your own. With an increasing number of users, its becoming the platform of choice for students to get started with embedded systems. Its so simple to get things going that you would be up and doing your projects in no time.


Who could join this Workshop?

Circuit stream (Electrical, Electronics, Computer science, Information Technology, Instrumentation engineering and allied departments) students of all 4 years can participate in this workshop.

No prior knowledge on Embedded system or Arduino is required to attend this workshop.

 

DATE: March 24th (Saturday)

TIME: 9am - 4pm


Registration Fees:

Each Team can contain a maximum of 2 persons.

Fee for individual person        :   Rs. 2,000 (includes 1 Arduino Kit)

Fee for 2 persons as a Team :   Rs. 3,000 (include 1 Arduino Kit)

Kit Details:

Each team will be provided with an Arduino development kit worth Rs. 1,600

The kit includes an Arduino development board, USB cable, CD with training materials, sample programs and PCB design of the development board.

 

Registration Details:

Follow the below instructions to register yourself for the workshop:

1. At first, if you wish to register online, mail the following details of every candidate to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject - "Open Hardware Arduino Registration"

Name, College Name, Department, Phone No, E-mail

2. We will acknowledge you with a workshop id and your slots will be confirmed. Then you can pay the Registration fee onsite itself.

3. Preference will be given to the Registered persons.


For unregistered participants:

If more slots are available, we will confirm your registrations onsite too. You can pay the registration fee in the Registration fee in the Registration Desk and receive your workshop id.

 

For any clarification or queries mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For contact:   Prakash - 98402 31513 Santhosh - 97886 16411

Juggernaut

Geek Euphoria !!

"No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, team work and determination a person can overcome anything." -Anon

Choose your partner and together conquer the insurmountable peak in your field of engineering. Three rounds of intense competition where your all-round technical skills are tested.

 

Event details:

Streams included : Computers, Electrical, Mechanical.

Members per team : Two.

Round 1:

Your aptitude skills will be tested. It is not about how well you solve it, it is all about how quickly you solve it.

Round 2:

A problem solving round in your field of engineering.

Round 3:

On-site programming or designing in your respective fields.

Get ready to crush every opponent in your way as you, together with your partner stride forward to show the world what an inexorable force you are. Isn't that how the word Juggernaut is defined after all?


For any Queries:

Akshaya Krishnan

Ph: +91 99409 80125

Kirthana S G

Ph: +91 99415 48090

Add On Development - Mozilla

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Are you one of the crazy minded persons who always dreams to design an Add On for a Browser?

Then this one is for you !!

This is an one day Hands-on workshop on Add On Development in Firefox Web Browser handled by MOZILLA.


It deals with building restartless addons on Firefox Browser.

Pre- Requisites for the Participants:

  • Participant should have a basic knowledge of working in a GNU/LINUX OS.
  • A basic knowledge on HTML, Java Script and CSS.

DATE: March 25th (Sunday)

TIME: 11am - 4pm


Registration Fees:

Rs. 200 /- per participant

(which will include the food, refreshments, certificate and other kit materials such as bag, notepad, pen etc,.)


Registration Details:

Follow the below instructions to register yourself for the workshop:

1. At first, if you wish to register online, mail the following details of every candidate to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject - "Mozilla Workshop Registration"

Name, College Name, Department, Phone No, E-mail

2. We will acknowledge you with a workshop id and your slots will be confirmed. Then you can pay the Registration fee onsite itself.

3. Preference will be given to the Registered persons.

 

 

For any clarification or queries mail to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For contact:   Prakash - 98402 31513, Santhosh - 97886 16411

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  • FOSS Demos
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  • Open Hardware - Arduino
  • Juggernaut
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Carte Blanche'12 - Xplore your Freedom

"If you focus your mind on the freedom and community that you can build by staying firm, you will find the strength to do it." -Richard M. Stallman

We at the Computer Society of MIT aim at bringing Mr. Stallman's these words into reality.

The annual Free Software fest, Carte Blanche is on such initiative where we encourage budding software enthusiasts from across the country to exhibit their computer skills with special importance to FOSS. This mega fest is back this year with more events and bigger platforms to enable you to express yourself. Like every year, we have special events such as demos, lectures, free software distributions and some mind-boggling competitions lined up for you. Just surf around this website to know more about the events. The events are designed in such a way that they help rewarding the best, identifying the talented, encouraging the interested and seeding "free software" craze throughout our tech-society.

So, mark your calendars and make sure you reach the MIT Campus to prove your mettle in the field of computers. But just remember, our theme is "Free Software" because we believe,

"Free and Open Source is not just a way of computers, it is a way of thinking!"

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