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Welcome to SPACE - Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment.

SPACE is a society promoted by Kerala State IT Mission with the objective of promoting alternative computing, Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). SPACE will help benefits of ICT reach larger section of society, as well as to promote employment and development through FLOSS.

SPACE will address special needs of Kerala in FLOSS, like local language computing. SPACE will act as a link between Kerala and FLOSS Community around the world.

Join and let us make FLOSS primary computing platform of Kerala.

Web4all is online
Posted by: admin on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 02:30 PM
GNU/Linux

Web4all now has its presence online. This planet website aggregates contents from the websites hosted by web4all.in

Web4all is a project to create a frame work to improve participation of local people in developing content. Web4all will also develop economic opportunities for small local IT enterprises by providing training and support on building and hosting low cost, high quality websites.

Visit http://web4all.in for more information



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GNU/Linux Install fest
Posted by: admin on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 12:58 PM
GNU/Linux

Free Software community in Trivandrum is organizing a one day GNU/Linux installation festival on 12th April 2008 at Nishagandhi, Kanakakunnu (9AM to 6PM). Anyone can bring in their PC's, both Desktop and Laptop and get GNU/Linux installed on it.

For more details please visit GNU/Linux Users Group - Thiruvananthapuram



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Malayalam computing programme kick starts
Posted by: admin on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 07:36 PM
GNU/Linux February 21 , Thiruvananthapuram

Malayalam computing is here!. Renowned Malayalam poet V. Madhusoodhanan Nair today uncovered the official logo and brochure of Malayalam computing campaign, launched by IT Department in association with Akshaya and SPACE. Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS, Secretary- IT Department presided over the function at Kesari Trust Hall.

The digital revolution was leaving many behind because they don’t speak English, the dominant language of computers and the Web. Also the survival of any language is now depended on how well it is used in computers. The Malayalam computing initiative answers those concerns.

The project is to run in full mode from March 2008 onwards. A massive campaign is planned out in the next stage. The Akshaya network and local government bodies will work in hand with IT Mission and SPACE in realizing the programme. Initially the programme is planned to hit Kannur District alone.

Dr. Dinesh Arora, IAS-Director, IT Mission, V.R Ajith Kumar-Director Akshaya, Arun M-Coordinator,SPACE were also present at the function.

You can find help for Malayalam computing at http://malayalam.web4all.in

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Kannur hits cyberspace with Community Portals
Posted by: admin on Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 07:07 PM
GNU/Linux


You are never far away from your home! Whether you live in a remote village here or live overseas, you are always part of your home town. 12 Panchayat community portals have hit cyberspace so far from Kannur. A flagship project funded by UNESCO in association with Akshaya and SPACE is now drawing attention all around.

Kerala lacks locally relevant content in the web sphere. Digital divide is manifested not only in access and tools of access but also in the inability to provide locally relevant information. Here the portals come with solutions. All the web portals under development are in Malayalam. Unicode encoding is used to adhere to the universal standardization, which in return will make it searchable content in the web. Each web portal covers detailed information of the Panchayat. You will find the history of the land, governance, information on public services, to mention a few. Locally relevant news and announcements also find its way to the portal.


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'Swaram' Audio Magazine for the Blind
Posted by: admin on Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 06:58 PM
GNU/Linux

‘Swaram'- an audio magazine for visually challenged is ready to be rolled out. Swaram will reach to its beneficiaries in CDs as well as online.

Audio communications play a vital role in the lives of the visually challenged. It is a medium that they largely depend on for information and entertainment. It is a quite common sight finding the blinds glued to a radio transistor.

SPACE is committed to address the needs of the differently abled. We use the tools of ICT for bettering their lives. Insight project initiated by SPACE with the support of KSITM is such an initiative addressed to the visually challenged people of Kerala. Swaram, the audio magazine is another feather in the cap.



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Vision
Promote the use of FLOSS in the public sector, private sector personal/home use and Governmental systems

Thrust areas
>Promote the use of FLOSS in the public sector, private sector personal/home use and Governmental systems
>Develop a model for FLOSS- based employment generation that is appropriate to Kerala's context, by identifying appropriate business opportunities and providing support services including training and micro business incubation
>Carry out R & D activities for the development of essential prototypes that bridge existing gaps in software, so as to enable widespread use of FLOSS
>Ensure that Kerala is able to develop sufficient numbers of high-quality human resources in FLOSS domains


Past Articles
Monday, January 28
·Students take on Community Media (6)
Thursday, January 17
·Insight officialy launched (3)
·NGO migrates to Free software (6)
Saturday, December 08
·Free Knowledge Meet (3)
·Free software training in Dooradarshan (9)
·Asterisk PBX management system (8)
·Azhikode Grama Panchayath finds its place in Cyber Space (2)
·ICT Awareness seminars for non technical institutions (4)
·Possibilities of New Media - A workshop (4)
·Free software and ICT awareness seminar (3)
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