Programming contest for students
As a part of this year's Software Freedom Day celebrations we have announced a programming contest for students irrespective of the course they are pursuing.
The contest is based on the tutorial maSH - the true story of a shell. Please see the contest page for more information.
A cash award of Rs. 5000/- will be awarded to the best coder based on the quality of their code and creativity.
Software Freedom Day 2008
SPACE, Free Software Foundation of India and GNU/Linux users group, Thiruvananthapuram will organise a host of programmes to mark Software Freedom Day on 20 September 2008 at
Press Club Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.
Programme Schedule
Morning Session (10.00 am 1.00 pm)
GNU/Linux Installation Fest at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
If you own a PC/laptop and want to run it on an operating system that comes without strings attached, walk into GNU/Linux Installation Fest at Park Centre, Technopark with your PC/laptop on any day between September 1 to 5, 2008.
The Fest to be hosted by GNU/Linux Users Group Trivandrum, FSF-India, SPACE and Zyxware Technologies will be the third in a series of installation fests held this year. It will feature a series of talks on various applications of Free and Open Source Software. Two films developed with free software would be screened at the fest.
The fest will be inaugurated by Sri M.A Baby, Hon'ble Minister for Education, Government of Kerala at 4:30 p.m on September 1.
Free Software Media tools for Community ICT facilitators
26th July, 2008, Pondichery
SPACE , partnering with UNDP, provided 10-days training for first batch of community media facilitators at Pondichery. The training aimed at enabling the Village Information Center staff from different villages, linked with post Tsunami rehabilitation work, to acquire skills in Free Software based audio,video and web development tools.
Newmedia training @ School of Social Work,Rajagiri College
1st July, 2008, Kalamassery.
The 35 students of the 3rd year BSW programme of Rajagiri School of Social Work got to check their skill level and were able to learn further with World Wide Web. The two-day training SPACE conducted at Rajagiri Campus mainly trained the students to build websites, besides exposing them to the possibilities of new media in the profession of social work.