FSF-web April 2002

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linbot report of fsf-i site
by Nagarjuna G. 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

The attachement contains the linbot report of our website. Nagarjuna

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Freedom Matters
by Nagarjuna G. 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 06:57:42PM +0530, Khuzaima A. Lakdawala wrote: > > > I have updated the site with the new logo sent by Gopal. We need > > to work on the stylesheet to get matching colors with the title. > > Do have a look. Should I send the announcement? > > The announcement is definitely overdue but a couple of rough edges > need ironing out (I tried doing it in Zope's admin interface but > couldn't figure out how to): Could you send me the draft that I have sent? I couldn't locate my copy in my outbox. > There is a problem in the rendering of each column heading's left-edge > image. It's name is "roundedge_img". The image is rendered but it is > immediately overwritten by a blank image! I tried this with more than > one browser with the same result. I think this problem only started > after you replaced the title with Gopal's image. I have made the roundeedge value false. Till the image problem is solved let it the this way. Do we really need a round_edge. > Speaking of Gopal's "Freedom Matters" image, it doesn't match the rest > of the page style as you stated. We need to either change the page > style to match this image or simply revert back to the original wavy > red "Freedom Matters!" image which I think was quite alright (I > couldn't locate this original image in the admin interface either). > I could locate the red color image which arun made: title_red_img. We need a few more links ready before we announce. On the left side, where, post, manage are located, we need to add about, editorial policy, categories of articles etc. The last one is needed because we have removed the squishdot default list of subjects, which is usually called as a part of the header. Nagarjuna

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Zope, dtml etc.
by klak＠giasbm01.vsnl.net.in 12 Apr '02

12 Apr '02

Ramakrishnan, it seems we can emulate FSF-Europe's design and behaviour entirely in Zope (using Zope's DTML) without using the XHTML-XSLT infrastructure. I didn't know this till I started reading the Zope Book (today :) which I should have started much earlier. And perhaps I should have payed closer attention to Nagarjuna's posts in this matter. -- Khuzaima

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Re: Abt the dirs
by klak＠giasbm01.vsnl.net.in 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

> Hi KLAK! :) > Been underground (!) for a while.. just wanted to point out > that maybe we should be cross posting across lists about the > directory (I have my doubts abt how many people actually do log onto > gnu.org.in considering its dormancy so far..). We can then expect > some additions, subtractions and modifications to the existing list. The present FS directory in its static html form is temporary. Nagarjuna is going to provide a web-application for it which will enable many volunteers to contribute directly to the directory without the need for a coordinator as such. Let us wait for that and then we will announce it. > As for the directory on FS businesses, I have emailed Akbar > with the info he reqd. I dearly hopes he takes up the task asap; > else I shall do that once I have some time on my hands. For this directory too we shall have a similar web-application. -- Khuzaima

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Volunteer for Free software directory
by Kanti Jadia 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

> From: Ranjit Babu <d0153019(a)ncb.ernet.in> >To: <fsf-web(a)mm.gnu.org.in> >Subject: [Fsf-web] Free Software Directory > > >Hi >I don't know how many people actually are subscribed to this >list.. but >assuming there is a sizeable number, I'd like to suggest we start >building >a directory for free software in India. >Frederick Noronha's article would be a great place to start >building from- >I have a few pages ready with those he has listed; these are on >the lines >of the directory built at www.gnu.org. >We also need to add search capability to this. Volunteers? I hereby volunteer to help build the free software directory for fsf-india Kanti Jadia

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Directory of volunteers
by Arun M 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

Hi Seems that we need a directory of volunteers. Need to list the informations to be collected and make a form for the same. Regards, Arun.

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Update
by klak＠giasbm01.vsnl.net.in 08 Apr '02

08 Apr '02

Hi, A slightly modified version of the home page is now up. Ranjit's directory of free software is now linked from the home page. -- Khuzaima

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FSF Europe guidelines
by gnu＠vsnl.net 06 Apr '02

06 Apr '02

The document Khuzaima mentioned the other day is at http://france.fsfeurope.org/server/wrap-publish.en.html It has pretty much all the info we need. Also I found that FSFE website renders very well in browsers like Lynx, Links, Mozilla, Galeon and Emacs/W3. Let us start understanding the above documents and start experimenting. I am installing the debian packages mentioned in the document. best regards -- Ramakrishnan M (http://www.hackGNU.org/) Use Free Software (http://www.gnu.org/)

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Re: [Fsf-india] Re:distributions minus non-free
by klak＠giasbm01.vsnl.net.in 05 Apr '02

05 Apr '02

On 4 Apr 2002 08:03:32 -0000, "Kanti Jadia" <j_kanti(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Instead of rebuilding the packages,which takes its own time(thinking > of redistributing),the simpler approach would be to list all > non-free/commercial software from the distribution and publish the > same. This would be a very nice service offered by our website. A comprehensive list of non-free softwares in all "popular" GNU/Linux distributions. This could be yet another web-applet to which authenticated volunteers could submit entries. > > In this manner you do not stop them(offer freedom) to choose whichever > distribution they like, but highlight that the following packages are > non-free/commertial and that they should avoid its use. > > Kanti. > > Hi, > > I was wondering if the various "Linux" distributions > > could be repacked/rebuilt only with free software and > > make them Debian GNU/Linux. > > Mandrake, RedHat, Slackware, etc. come with some non-free > > software here and there. Instead of asking everyone to > > use Debian GNU/Linux, can we free such popular distrbutions. > > If the non-free is stripped can they still be called > > what they do + GNU/Linux. > > That way we get Mandrake GNU/Linux, RedHat GNU/Linux and > > Slackware GNU/Linux. Is it ok to play with their names. > > Or will it be wise to call them Unofficial Mandrake GNU/Linux, > > Unofficial Slackware GNU/Linux. > > Any thoughts ? > > > > Regards, > > Vinay Pawar, > > Pune. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fsf-india mailing list > Fsf-india(a)mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-india > > -- Khuzaima A. Lakdawala

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fsfi web design
by Kanti Jadia 05 Apr '02

05 Apr '02

Hi all, A mail after along time.I was a bit busy When we talk of web design and look and feel we should take into account the various browsers we need to support. If we take a design which is graphic intensive.We are ignoring users who use text based browsers.In the same manner we should avoid using frames. The rendering should be fast and informative rather than jazzy and eye-catching(strong colors). We can come up with a checklist for us to follow. Sorry gopal i could not see any of your graphics.If you have archived them at some url please let the unfortunate ones like me know. Kanti

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Free as in Freedom
by Kanti Jadia 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

Hi all, The biography of RMS written by Sam Williams is published by oreilly and is available at http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ It is also available at the site http://www.faifzilla.org/ The content of the book are published under the GNU GFDL Kanti

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Re: a new logo for Freedom Matters
by Nagarjuna G. 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:16:38PM +0530, Gopal.V wrote: > Hi Arun & Nagarjuna, > I'm sending this in hope that the "wavy" logo on the Forum > gets kicked out. That seems to be a bit to weak for a logo for > such a strong movement. > > Khuzaima suggested that the logos be in red as it reflects > a revolution -- I had sent him a set of fluidly colored images, > which came back with the reply "too feminine". > > So this is what I have got -- please put in if you like it. This looks good. Could you move the `F' a little closer to `r'. Nagarjuna

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Static Page design.
by Arun M 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Hi, We had discussion on GNU Art works for FSF India and we got some images. Seems that no suggestions came for page design. Can some one come up with a simple template we can use ? Not with much colors or graphics. Any volunteers ? Also we can up load the projects page and other informations. Arun.

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