Milestone

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.

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)

On 8^th June 2008, Honourable Chief Minister of Kerala, V S Achuthanandan inaugurated the state wide campaign for Malayalam computing. Honourable Minister for Vigilance and Tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Honourable Minister for Health P K Srimati Teacher, A P Abdullakutty MP, Shri K Sudhakaran M L A, other elected representatives, officials and public participated in the public function held at Kannur Dinesh Auditorium.

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.

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