March 21, 2009 – 11:43 am
2009-03-22: Frugalware Linux 1.0
2009-04-23: Ubuntu 9.04
2009-04-29: Mandriva Linux 2009.1
2009-05-01: OpenBSD 4.5
2009-05-07: BlankOn 5.0
2009-05-26: Fedora 11
LUG Manipal is organizing a Linux Open Week sponsored by Fedora from 23rd-28th and 30th March. As the name says, this event stretches for one whole week. It is aimed at increasing awareness about FOSS and also how linux can be useful for people from all spheres of life rather than just a handful of programmers and developers. Keeping this in mind, we have planned the following
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An installfest spanning two days for those yet to find a foothold in the linux world. The distro to be installed is Fedora 10 Cambridge.
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A user’s day which would consist of sessions taken by various LUG members on different softwares like office suites, productivity tools etc. available on the linux platform that’d help the new users in making the transition from Windows to Linux.
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Another couple of days have been devoted to Developer’s Day which would be about getting interested programmers started off with development in the Linux environment. It’s no secret that Linux is the development environment of choice around the world because of it’s open nature and no self-respecting programmer in Manipal would want to miss out on these two days!
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Finally, the last day would be a Hackathon to bring out the hacker in the participating coders. They’d be trying to make a firefox extension for a certain web service which would be decided on the spot. Needless to say, it’d be fun. The choice of the software to be hacked on remains flexible though and the enthusiasm and the coding expertise of the participants will also be taken into account
Do checkout the event wiki page for further details.
These are the awesome posters that have been put up around Manipal for the Open Week promotion and kudos to Sheeladitya for the awesome work
A talk on search engines and a troubleshooting session were the reasons
for the gathering on the 25th and the 26th of February 2009.
The aim of the talk was to give a brief account on everything related
to search engine technology.It started with an introduction to search
engines and then went on to tell about the different types of search
engines technologies.Then we focused on the Google search engine
architecture.After that SEO’s techniques were discussed and Google’s
webmaster tools was shown.Now the final topic of how to get the best
results out of Google’s search engine with the knowledge of some
operators was covered.This is what the talk consisted of.
The reason for the troubleshooting session on the second day was for
users facing problems while operating Linux.Users discussed their
problems and were solved one by one.Some of the common problems
included users were facing is to get the package manager working using
our colleges proxy server. Next, they were shown how to install
packages manually in linux. This topic proceeded with a small discussion
on how to clear the dependencies.Then we had a quick glance through the
different shells and desktop environments in linux. The session ended
by showing the users how to run C and C++ programs on linux.
February 21, 2009 – 1:58 pm
Python Workshop slides have been uploaded and can be downloaded
Python Workshop Slides 1
Python Worshop Slides 2
We thank everyone who attended the workshop and Happy Hacking…..
January 25, 2009 – 10:45 am
Python Workshop Poster
LUG Manipal is organising a workshop on Python, which is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, OS/2, Amiga, Palm Handhelds, and Nokia mobile phones. It comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days.
The workshop requires no prerequisites, even knowledge of C is not required, it is aimed at people interested in beginning programming with Python.
There is no charge for the workshop and no registration is required, everyone is invited.
People using Windows are requested to Install the Following Software before coming to the workshop
1) Python 2.6.1 from here
2) Notepad++ from here
Note: These will also be distributed on the first day of the workshop, If you are not able to install/download them you can get them there…
January 2, 2009 – 1:40 am
As we spread our wings and enlighten people about the benefits of Open Source and the associated freedom, we add another feather in our cap. This time its the mailing list which is widely known as a chief source of communication for any Open Source project to survive and sustain.
We start off with just one mailing list which is dedicated solely to the purpose of discussion. You can discuss doubts, new technology, future events or literaly anything which comes under discussion.
LUG Manipal Discussion List
You can even check out our page at our blog dedicated to it.
Before leaving, Happy New Year! May your coming year be great.
December 17, 2008 – 5:20 pm
Linux User’s Group Manipal is organizing a Open Week, which will comprise of a number of different activities with Install Fest as the base, event informating could be found at http://wiki.lugmanipal.org/LUGM_open_week discussion regarding Open week are now open at http://forums.lugmanipal.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=190
There are lot of things that need to be done so if you are willing to help plz contact lugmanipal[at]gmail.com
PS – this is just an initial announcement, detailed announcement will be made after things are finalized….
December 9, 2008 – 9:58 pm
An introduction to basic Python Programming
PDF Version
INTRODUCTION
Python is a freeware open-source cross-platform interpreted scripting language used by NASA ,
Google , Honeywell and many other companies and now days its also being distributed along
with all the major GNU/Linux distros.
Its been one the most favoured scripting languages due to its short and easy syntax which can
perform complex tasks and is easily extended with new functions and data types implemented in C
or C++ (or other languages callable from C). Python is also suitable as an extension language for
customizable applications.
Many people might have tried using python before but on 03 Dec 2008 Python 3.0 was released
which is a major update to python syntax making its interpreter faster and more efficient.
INSTALLING PYTHON 3.0
1)For Windows
Go to http://python.org/download/ and download software depending on your OS’s architecture
2)Linux
a) First Search in your Package Manager for python 3.0 (it probably is installed) if not try to install from the repos else:
Go to http://python.org/download/ and download the bz package and extract it.
b) Open a terminal in root / superuser mode
cd <dir>
where <dir> is the path .
c) ./configure
d) make
e) make altinstall (this preserves current python version , else do make install)
If you get any dependency errors ,don’t be scared just try to find them using your package manager or use google to find them.
For Old Python Users:
– Basic syntax had changed but you would get used to it.
– There’s a tool to convert old syntax scripts to new 2to3 .(unstable)
Windows users can add python to their environment variables
My Computer>Properties>(Advanced System Settings in vista)>Advanced
Go to Environment Variables >Scroll bottom scroll bar, select PATH and click edit
Add to the end ;<path where its installed>;
Now a script can be written anywhere and executed by
python <file-name> in dos
-Open DOS or terminal and enter python or python3.0 .Upon pressing enter an interactive shell
shall open with current python version and install date and time and OS type you are using.
Python 3.0 Basics
- print(“Hello”) prints Hello , to know more about any command use help(<name>) so help(print) brings the command info.
-Unlike older versions python now classifies strings into data and text. All Text is Unicode represented by type str and all data is encoded Unicode represented as binary data by byte. Both are immutable cannot be inter-converted as in older versions.
-A python script can be written by writing the code in a text file with extension .py Also in Linux / Unix based systems the first line can give the interpreter version
#!/usr/bin/env python or #!/usr/bin/env python3.0
(If you have multiple versions of python its HIGHLY recommended to stick to 3.x versions)
-Python is strictly indentation based, so give same indentation at each level.
Eg.
i=0 1
while i<5: 2
print (i) 3
i+=1 4
So inside the file line 1 & 2 have same indentation while those inside while loop (line 3 &4) have
same indentation but different from outside level.
(To Be Continued ..)
For FAQS and More Info Visit http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/ or http://docs.python.org/
November 3, 2008 – 4:52 pm
LUG Manipal is organising a Linux Install Fest aiming to introduce GNU/Linux to people who haven’t experienced a type of operating system which is crash-free , virus-free , with power of absolute customization and which is also being used by Google , NASA ,NSA and others.
This will be a 3 days install fest Starting on 3rd of November 2008 at 5:30pm at NLH 103 MIT.
3rd – Introduction to OpenSource and GNU/Linux and Preparation for Install Fest
*4th – InstallFest Day1 with proper directives for installation.
5th – InstallFest Day2 and Post Installation Interaction.
*Please come with an empty 10 GB parition and 2 BLANK CDs
November 2, 2008 – 5:24 pm
Hi friends,
I am really pleased to tell you that we celebrated the first anniversary of LUG Manipal on 31st of October. As you might expect, it was without any pomp and glory, but wishing each other of the hard work they undertook to make the group and the FOSS philosophy to the general public.
Rewinding my memory back exactly one year, I remember that how Harish S.V., a Reader in Computer Science department and a distinguished faculty of Computer Science department helped us from starting to the end in forming this Group. He talked to all the higher authorities to cross the so called policies and rules of the college/ University.
In the letter which we had written to the authorities, clearly says that LUG Manipal is a non-profit organization and does not need any kind of financial help from the college nor do we collect any money from the students. The exact line which was written is as follows
We would like to clarify a few points with regard to this USER’s GROUP. First of all, this is not a club and it does not intend to collect any kind of membership fees from any student of any branch. Also we do not seek any kind of financial help from the college for running the USER’s GROUP. The GROUP will NOT have any office bearers, but only volunteers We only expect the college to facilitate meetings of the USER’S GROUP by providing Lecture Halls to hold Periodic meetings.
Additionally we would like to thank Racked Hosting, the sponsor of LUG Manipal for helping us out for covering any financial help that we need. The help is not in form of money or cash, but in form of resources. The official announcement on RH Site
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