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Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is believed to be the greatest experiment ever conducted with thousands of scientists collaborating on finding the beginning of the universe. Now, FOSS.IN, the conference which was the prime force behind my contributions to the Free Software world has announced its experiment. A major change in the event format this year. Read the full details here.

I consider this the Greatest Indian FOSS Experiment . Its a move that requires great courage. The focus has been made more clear this time (not that it was not clear last year). “Talk is cheap, show me the code” is getting more visibility. Yes, its going to be the first “Developer” conference in India. Hats Off, Team FOSS.IN. My chances of getting there and finishing off all the todo hacks looks bleak because I am miles away from Bangalore, but will try my best. So ladies and gentlemen, get your wiki pages ready, your brains sharpened and start jotting down your plan for FOSS.IN 2008. Be there and show your code to the world. I am sure its gonna ROCK.
Rant: I am not so happy with the organisers calling “Packaging tasks” as “low hanging fruit”. I am upset a bit because its not such a mundane task as mentioned in the mail, that too from TEAM FOSS.IN.

Ladies and Gentlemen.. Boys and girls.. The preparations for this year’s FOSS.IN just shifted to top gear from the Ubuntu-IN community side. As usual the Ubuntu Community Managers have been extremely kind enough to dispatch 500 Ubuntu Gutsy CDs (different variants for various architectures). They are all awaiting to be laid hands on. Thanks to loads of people who have been involved in getting this approval done in record time!! Great going guys.

As things are shifting to top gear we are facing quite some issues with respect to printing Tees. Due to various reasons the printer with whom we were planning to give the order for has backed out and now we need a replacement. If someone has any information on Printers in Bangalore, who can print around 30 Tees in 6-7 days, we would be immensely grateful. If so please ping either technofreak or me offline.

Its less than 2 weeks now and work is happening at all corners to get things done for the biggest FOSS Event of the year in India FOSS.IN

First Update from the Ubuntu-IN team. The sticker designs are out.

Go grab ‘em all at Debian/Ubuntu Project Day on Dec 4th 2007. More goodies to follow. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, hold your breath!! Its big than ever before!!

Thanks to Niyam for helping us out with the designs.

Never before have I found so many talks in a Conference in India , I am curious about. Looks like FOSS.IN has changed the trend. I would be happy to find these talks in the final list.

1. Harald Welte - OpenMoko: What, why and how
2. Holger Hans Peter Freyther - Using OpenEmbedded to power Open Devices
3. Pramode C.E - FreeBird - A GNU/Linux based mobile robotics platform for introductory Computer Science and Engineering education.
4. Rakesh Peter - Hacking the Air Waves with GNURadio
5. Thomas Gleixner - Turning Linux into a Real-time Kernel
6. Naba Kumar - Introduction to Maemo development
7. Naba Kumar - Anjuta DevStudio; where we are and where we want to be
8. James Morris - How and Why You Should Be a Kernel Hacker
9. Lennart Poettering - The PulseAudio Sound Server

Be there.. It can never get bigger than this. FOSS.IN

Disclaimer:  The above list is solely my interests and does not relate to, in any form any other organisation/individual ’s point of view.