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GNU Labs kicks off activities
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| The activities of GNU Labs, a free software-based volunteer project, began at
| the MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, on Friday with a day-long
| workshop.
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http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/06/stories/2008120652210300.htm
‘Free IT sector from monopolistic practices’
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| Thrissur: Social activist K. Venu has called for efforts to liberate the
| information technology sector from monopolistic business practices and
| proprietary software.
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| He was addressing ‘A window to freedom’, a seminar on open source software
| organised here on Thursday by the Free Software Users’ Group. “The philosophy
| of free software movement is essential for society’s transformation and
| development,” he said.
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http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/05/stories/2008120550580200.htm
Recent:
Free software vending machine
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| Freedom toaster,’ a free software CD/DVD vending machine, will be launched at
| Technopark in the city on Monday.
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| The Toaster is designed and developed by Zyxware Technologies and promoted
| jointly by Zyxware Technologies and GNU/Linux Users Group Trivandrum.
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http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/01/stories/2008090160450300.htm
Related:
Kerala shuts windows, schools to use only Linux
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| A few weeks ago, the Government formally ordered that only free Linux-based
| software should be used for IT education in high schools, using new the Linux
| text books developed by State Council for Educational Research and Training
| and the Free Software Foundation of India.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html
Kerala On Linux Express Highway
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| The Linux slip-road that the state took is slowly becoming an
| express highway.
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| [...]
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| If we twist Napoleon's quote on China a bit, we can safely say, "Linux is a
| sleeping giant, let it sleep, because when Linux moves the world moves!"
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=16139&magid=11
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