[fsug-bangalore] FSUG Website problem-resolved

[Rakesh 'arky' Ambati]

Hello Sajith,

--- Sajith T S <sajith at symonds.net> wrote:


> It wasn't available when I checked.  Anyhow, I'm
> around... what's 
> the idea? 

 Hey,please check http://bangalore.gnu.org.in site
once again you should be able to reach it.If not try
to provide host/dig/traceroute output,that will help
the Abhas weed out the problem.

 As we had discussed last time on M.G.Road, we need to
put lot of information pertaining to the idea's behind
FSUG-Blore.[FIXME]The Mailing-list FAQ/INFO section
incomplete,please try to write small write and send it
to Abhas to be put into the ML-Manager.We don't want
threads/mails asking help with Open source,Win32
problems [sic] {Just kidding}.

[Ideas]
 
[1] For example we don't use much of .doc format
documents, but sometime back I got few documents in
this format from RedHat India Inc {Ahem} perhaps we
can mention tools like 'antiword' to do the
converstion.Well, there are lot of other groups which
tell how to read/view doc files but don't tell us how
to get rid of them.

  Yet, another problem was dropped in my lap some
years  back when I need to understand some specs of my
Seagate  IDE Drive,well the help files came in .chm
format.Gnu provides xchm tool to read'em (see .chm lib
problem on google).

[2] Provide a list of alternative software in GNU
project with their proper Windows/Mac/Solaris/*nix
counter part,Fred had pointed to one such list on a
Russian site.(let me dig it up)
 
[3]Currently, we don't do much events so best we can
provide information about other Free Software events
on the wiki.

[4]May be we can have a page for feedback/wish-list on
the wiki.

[5] Let start a 'Bring in your Box' program on
weekends ,lets promote HURD ? {comments?}

Btw, on Fsf-friends mailing-list a student  from 
kerala asked for speakers, try to pass the info around
other groups in kerala.

Cheers

--arky 


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