[OLPC India] India Digest, Vol 17, Issue 11
amit gogna
amitg at laptop.org
Mon Apr 28 00:32:45 EDT 2008
Sorry for the late reply was travelling.
.but how can we put processes in place?
We are already trying to put a process in place ...it would allow anyone
across the country take up the OLPC project and we would provide all the
suppport for doing so and provide required directions
> How can I contribute?
I am not sure what part of south India are you located. But surely the good
news is we are starting a OLPC Project there in Bangalore. I'm sure you
would have so much to contribute.
> Is there anyone here in South India so we can form a group and get some
> attention?
Yes last week I was in Bangalore and tried getting in touch with LUG there.
Hopefully I intend to contact all LUGs in all the states . May be we can
have some conference with LUG of each state.This could help to form a
support community in all respects.
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> > 1. Re: Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference on 18th
> > April, 2008 (Sameer Verma)
> > 2. Re: Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference on 18th
> > April, 2008 (Marc Valentin)
> > 3. Re: Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference on 18th
> > April, 2008 (Sameer Verma)
> > 4. Re: Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference on 18th
> > April, 2008 (Puneet Goel)
> > 5. Re: Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference on 18th
> > April, 2008 (Sameer Verma)
> > 6. OLPC - Cowdung/Biogas power - Kyoto Protocol logic (Sven AERTS)
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:11:34 -0700
> > From: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference
> > on 18th April, 2008
> > To: india at lists.laptop.org
> > Message-ID: <480B9566.8010706 at sfsu.edu>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > amit gogna wrote:
> > > Following is the link giving details of OLPC India Conference :-
> > >
> > >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/Conference_calls#Minutes_of_Meeting
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > India mailing list
> > > India at lists.laptop.org
> > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india
> > >
> > A few points that I'd like to add:
> >
> > The conference call sound quality was a bit of a problem, although I
> > don't think this was a problem with the setup. It sounded like someone
> > on the conference call was sitting in traffic...way too much traffic
> > noise. It was also suggested that we could perhaps look for a hybrid
> > conference call setup which would support dial-in and VoIP calls. I know
> > that Gizmo supports such a feature, but AFAIK the call in number is a
> > US-based number. See
> > http://gizmo5.com/pc/products/features/conference-calling/ for details.
> >
> > In terms of the upcoming installs or pilots in India, I would reiterate
> > that interested people and parties should look to other pilots for
> > "lessons learned". Nepal and Pakistan come to mind, given their
> > proximity. I've seen a lot more public info on the Nepal pilot, though.
> > http://www.olenepal.org/ There are several issues that can be
> > categorized into hardware, software, localization, repairs, training,
> > etc. Many of these will be largely the same for most deployments, so no
> > reinvention is necessary. Some issues will of course be specific for
> > deployments in different parts of India, and those will have to be
> > addressed on a case by case basis.
> >
> > Another item of concern is the level of awareness. I've talked to people
> > at a couple of different LUGs in India about the project, and I got a
> > sense if indifference from them. Perhaps we need a stronger push to
> > connect LUGs into different OLPC projects. LUGs tend to have goals
> > similar to what OLPC has. LUGs aren't really about Linux or FOSS as much
> > as they are about education! This was my suggestion to Gaurav (from
> > Punjab University) on the phone call. Gaurav's group at Punjab
> > University is doing interesting things in reaching out to the
> > communities. Gaurav: Can we hear from you on some of those activities?
> > Perhaps pointers to slides, blogs, etc.?
> >
> > LUGs all over India can get involved and spread the word. They can go
> > out to the local communities and improve awareness. There is also a
> > perception that if you don't have an XO, you can't really do much. This
> > is not the case if you are using a live CD though. The current batch of
> > Live CDs (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD) provide a
> > large proportion of the functionality that one would see on an XO.
> > Perhaps this avenue should be explored more. After all, its really a
> > Fedora-derived distro. You could very well run an entire classroom of
> > these LiveCDs on regular desktops and still avail the features of Sugar!
> >
> > Then we have the localization bit. Sayamindu Dasgupta and others have
> > done a great job of setting up this resource. We need to be able to use
> > it to its fullest extent.
> >
> > On Pootle (https://dev.laptop.org/translate/), we have: Afrikaans,
> > Amharic, Arabic, Aymara, Basque, Bengali, Bengali (India), Bulgarian,
> > Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Czech,
> > Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, English (South African), English
> > (US), Finnish, French, Friulian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German,
> > Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Icelandic, Igbo, Italian, Japanese,
> > Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kreyol, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese,
> > Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese,
> > Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian,
> > Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovenian, Sotho, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu,
> > Templates, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba,
> > pseudo L10n
> >
> > Look at the list and see if you have a language/script that's not on
> > there but you'd like to help with. For basic instructions on how to use
> > Pootle see http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/452 The screenshots are a bit
> > dated, but the idea should get across. You'll notice on that same page
> > that the slides have been translated into Bulgarian and Chinese. How
> > about converting the slides into some Indian languages?
> >
> > In all, I am quite excited to see things moving again on this list.
> > Let's hope we keep up the momentum.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Sameer
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > San Francisco State University
> > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:17:10 +0200
> > From: "Marc Valentin" <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference
> > on 18th April, 2008
> > To: "Sameer Verma" <sverma at sfsu.edu>, india at lists.laptop.org
> > Message-ID:
> > <99ae10a80804201317t4adde52enb72c3b9180e2b454 at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > I just want to add this : XO-LiveCD is nice but for those wanting to
> > participate to the creation of manuals, tutorials or software
> > development, using Virtualization is the way to go : with VMWare,
> > VirtualBox,... (see wiki.laptop.org)
> > You can work in MSWindows or Linux or Mac having the XO open in a
> > Window... very useful for taking snapshots for example.
> > -marc-
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > There is also a
> > > perception that if you don't have an XO, you can't really do much.
> > This
> > > is not the case if you are using a live CD though. The current batch
> > of
> > > Live CDs (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD) provide a
> > > large proportion of the functionality that one would see on an XO.
> > > Perhaps this avenue should be explored more. After all, its really a
> > > Fedora-derived distro. You could very well run an entire classroom of
> > > these LiveCDs on regular desktops and still avail the features of
> > Sugar!
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:47:17 -0700
> > From: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference
> > on 18th April, 2008
> > To: Marc Valentin <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> > Cc: india at lists.laptop.org
> > Message-ID: <480BABD5.4000501 at sfsu.edu>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > Marc Valentin wrote:
> > > I just want to add this : XO-LiveCD is nice but for those wanting to
> > > participate to the creation of manuals, tutorials or software
> > > development, using Virtualization is the way to go : with VMWare,
> > > VirtualBox,... (see wiki.laptop.org)
> > > You can work in MSWindows or Linux or Mac having the XO open in a
> > > Window... very useful for taking snapshots for example.
> > >
> > I would second that. VMs are great for documentation.
> >
> > Sameer
> > > -marc-
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> There is also a
> > >> perception that if you don't have an XO, you can't really do much.
> > This
> > >> is not the case if you are using a live CD though. The current batch
> > of
> > >> Live CDs (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD) provide a
> > >> large proportion of the functionality that one would see on an XO.
> > >> Perhaps this avenue should be explored more. After all, its really a
> > >> Fedora-derived distro. You could very well run an entire classroom
> > of
> > >> these LiveCDs on regular desktops and still avail the features of
> > Sugar!
> > >>
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:16:02 +0530
> > From: "Puneet Goel" <g.puneet at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference
> > on 18th April, 2008
> > To: india at lists.laptop.org
> > Message-ID:
> > <b73c9f030804202146p6051cda1q15a92413d5d3caa at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just want to know why don't we do these meets on IRC. Many people can
> > participate and we can avoid the problems like noise disturbance.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Puneet
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > amit gogna wrote:
> > > > Following is the link giving details of OLPC India Conference :-
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/Conference_calls#Minutes_of_Meeting
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > India mailing list
> > > > India at lists.laptop.org
> > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india
> > > >
> > > A few points that I'd like to add:
> > >
> > > The conference call sound quality was a bit of a problem, although I
> > > don't think this was a problem with the setup. It sounded like someone
> > > on the conference call was sitting in traffic...way too much traffic
> > > noise. It was also suggested that we could perhaps look for a hybrid
> > > conference call setup which would support dial-in and VoIP calls. I
> > know
> > > that Gizmo supports such a feature, but AFAIK the call in number is a
> > > US-based number. See
> > > http://gizmo5.com/pc/products/features/conference-calling/ for
> > details.
> > >
> > > In terms of the upcoming installs or pilots in India, I would
> > reiterate
> > > that interested people and parties should look to other pilots for
> > > "lessons learned". Nepal and Pakistan come to mind, given their
> > > proximity. I've seen a lot more public info on the Nepal pilot,
> > though.
> > > http://www.olenepal.org/ There are several issues that can be
> > > categorized into hardware, software, localization, repairs, training,
> > > etc. Many of these will be largely the same for most deployments, so
> > no
> > > reinvention is necessary. Some issues will of course be specific for
> > > deployments in different parts of India, and those will have to be
> > > addressed on a case by case basis.
> > >
> > > Another item of concern is the level of awareness. I've talked to
> > people
> > > at a couple of different LUGs in India about the project, and I got a
> > > sense if indifference from them. Perhaps we need a stronger push to
> > > connect LUGs into different OLPC projects. LUGs tend to have goals
> > > similar to what OLPC has. LUGs aren't really about Linux or FOSS as
> > much
> > > as they are about education! This was my suggestion to Gaurav (from
> > > Punjab University) on the phone call. Gaurav's group at Punjab
> > > University is doing interesting things in reaching out to the
> > > communities. Gaurav: Can we hear from you on some of those activities?
> > > Perhaps pointers to slides, blogs, etc.?
> > >
> > > LUGs all over India can get involved and spread the word. They can go
> > > out to the local communities and improve awareness. There is also a
> > > perception that if you don't have an XO, you can't really do much.
> > This
> > > is not the case if you are using a live CD though. The current batch
> > of
> > > Live CDs (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD) provide a
> > > large proportion of the functionality that one would see on an XO.
> > > Perhaps this avenue should be explored more. After all, its really a
> > > Fedora-derived distro. You could very well run an entire classroom of
> > > these LiveCDs on regular desktops and still avail the features of
> > Sugar!
> > >
> > > Then we have the localization bit. Sayamindu Dasgupta and others have
> > > done a great job of setting up this resource. We need to be able to
> > use
> > > it to its fullest extent.
> > >
> > > On Pootle (https://dev.laptop.org/translate/), we have: Afrikaans,
> > > Amharic, Arabic, Aymara, Basque, Bengali, Bengali (India), Bulgarian,
> > > Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan),
> > Czech,
> > > Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, English (South African),
> > English
> > > (US), Finnish, French, Friulian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German,
> > > Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Icelandic, Igbo, Italian, Japanese,
> > > Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kreyol, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese,
> > > Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese,
> > > Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian,
> > > Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovenian, Sotho, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu,
> > > Templates, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba,
> > > pseudo L10n
> > >
> > > Look at the list and see if you have a language/script that's not on
> > > there but you'd like to help with. For basic instructions on how to
> > use
> > > Pootle see http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/452 The screenshots are a
> > bit
> > > dated, but the idea should get across. You'll notice on that same page
> > > that the slides have been translated into Bulgarian and Chinese. How
> > > about converting the slides into some Indian languages?
> > >
> > > In all, I am quite excited to see things moving again on this list.
> > > Let's hope we keep up the momentum.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Sameer
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > > San Francisco State University
> > > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> > > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> > > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > India mailing list
> > > India at lists.laptop.org
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:54:02 -0700
> > From: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Minutes of Meeting of OLPC India Conference
> > on 18th April, 2008
> > To: Puneet Goel <g.puneet at gmail.com>
> > Cc: india at lists.laptop.org
> > Message-ID: <480C1DEA.8020301 at sfsu.edu>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > Puneet Goel wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just want to know why don't we do these meets on IRC. Many people can
> > > participate and we can avoid the problems like noise disturbance.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Puneet
> > >
> > Sometimes you just can't get to a computer, but you can talk on the
> > phone. I think voice calls actually convey a lot more than IRC channels.
> > Of course, we can always have IRC in parallel. That's what we did for
> > the server team conference.
> >
> > Sameer
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > San Francisco State University
> > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:11:48 +0200
> > From: Sven AERTS <svenaerts228 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [OLPC India] OLPC - Cowdung/Biogas power - Kyoto Protocol
> > logic
> > To: india at lists.laptop.org
> > Message-ID: <FBB71CE8-16DA-45C4-A434-AAF2D588AFFE at gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes;
> > format=flowed
> >
> > Would it not be more feasible to use biogas for cooking and cooling,
> > and brewing some vodka - I mean - ethanol to power a little fuel cell
> > to run the OLPC ?
> > Don't tell me there's no Vodka-equivalent over there... so the
> > farmers know how to brew ethanol ...
> >
> > As a "Kyoto Protocol Consultant", I dare to say that prices of
> > PhotoVoltaics or Fuel Cells shouldn't be a problem since the OLPC-
> > organisation could claim the CO2-certificates for the whole project:
> > 1. I think that opening up the olpc-project from a computer project
> > to an education to a CO2-reducing project would enable the OLPC-
> > education project to get access to the financial power behind the
> > "Kyoto Protocol".
> > I've posted a presentation on the matter:
> > http://www.slideshare.net/SvenAERTS/olp-csmall
> >
> > 2. The logic is; A normal PC consumes an average x kWh. Electricity
> > is produced on the average in that country by emitting y tons of
> > Greenhouse gasses. So using an OLPC only uses x-something kWh x 1
> > million OLPC's in this country and the difference of the normal
> > computers - olpc computers in Greenhouse gasses NOT emitted can be
> > claimed as CO2 certificates and sold to CO2 emitting
> > countries'governments and companies in the West that HAVE to buy CO2-
> > certificates (price is now about 20?/CO2certificate.
> >
> > 3. I'd say: present OLPC as a technique where you go via the kids and
> > the schools to the parents and society as a whole to catalyze CO2-
> > reducing projects and the accompanying CO2-certificates: let the
> > ministiry of education make a list of all the Schools and public
> > buildings ... get an agreement to equip them with PV, Solar
> > collector, WindTurbine, relighting with low energy lamps ... get a
> > mandate to present that to the "Kyoto Protocol" financiers that need
> > CO2-certificates ... I am sure I can convince them to finance such a
> > project under these conditions.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Skype: SvenAERTS
> > Kyoto Protocol Consultant-Brussels
> > Engineer, Car Mechanic, Post Graduated in international Relations/
> > Finance and Peace Development
> >
> > ------------------------------
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