[IndiChix] IndiChix Digest, Vol 3, Issue 35

Tue Feb 26 17:40:38 UTC 2008

thanks runa ...
was nice meeting you too :)
hmm

hey aneesha and i talked about having a stall/ seminar /any new
suggestion... to be held in igit for promoting linuxchix there.... want more
expert opinions
we dont have to pay ..
what do you all feel?
please reply asap
thank you

satya

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>   1. introduction (satya komaragiri)
>   2. indichix at linuxchix.org (satya komaragiri)
>   3. Re: introduction (Aneesha Govil)
>   4. Re: indichix at linuxchix.org (Runa Bhattacharjee)
>   5. Re: Notes from LCIN talk at FOSSkriti (Vid Ayer)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:50:28 +0530
> From: "satya komaragiri" <satya.komaragiri at gmail.com>
> Subject: [IndiChix] introduction
> To: indichix at linuxchix.org
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> hey all !
>
> im Satya from I.G.I.T Delhi B Tech CSE 3rd year. Im a new member to
> Linuxchix India (or whatever the name we finally agree upon :) ) . Aneesha
> came up with this idea that as a newbie if i share my experience with
> Linux
> it maybe interesting for any other newbie out there.Hmm... i joined
> linuxchix yesterday..and incidentally yesterday happens to be my first
> actual experience with linux too :).. i am using ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) and
> btw
> im posting from there :)
>
> hmmm coming to the point...
>
> a new synonym for LinuxChix india
>
> here are my suggestions....
> 1. LinuxAalia (aalia means the exalted)
> 2. LinuxTaruna( this is a proper translation .. taruna == girl)
> 3. LinuxEkantika (devoted to 1 aim)
> 4. LinuxTriya (triya is girl again)
> 5. LinuxEdha(edha is sacred)
> 6. LinuxVipra (vipra is inspired or enthusiast)
> 7. LinuxVilina (vellina is dedicated)
> 8. LinuxManya (worthy of honour)
>
> hope you like it :)
> thanks
>
> bbye
> satya
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> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:38:27 +0530
> From: "satya komaragiri" <satya.komaragiri at gmail.com>
> Subject: [IndiChix] indichix at linuxchix.org
> To: indichix at linuxchix.org
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> hey all !
>
> im Satya from I.G.I.T Delhi B Tech CSE 3rd year. Im a new member to
> Linuxchix India (or whatever the name we finally agree upon :) ) . Aneesha
> came up with this idea that as a newbie if i share my experience with
> Linux
> it maybe interesting for any other newbie out there.Hmm... i joined
> linuxchix yesterday..and incidentally yesterday happens to be my first
> actual experience with linux too :).. i am using ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) and
> btw
> im posting from there :)
>
> hmmm coming to the point...
>
> a new synonym for LinuxChix india
>
> here are my suggestions....
> 1. LinuxAalia (aalia means the exalted)
> 2. LinuxTaruna( this is a proper translation .. taruna == girl)
> 3. LinuxEkantika (devoted to 1 aim)
> 4. LinuxTriya (triya is girl again)
> 5. LinuxEdha(edha is sacred)
> 6. LinuxVipra (vipra is inspired or enthusiast)
> 7. LinuxVilina (vellina is dedicated)
> 8. LinuxManya (worthy of honour)
>
> hope you like it :)
> thanks
>
> bbye
> satya
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:08:54 +0530
> From: "Aneesha Govil" <popcorn09 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [IndiChix] introduction
> To: "LinuxChix-India mailing list" <indichix at linuxchix.org>
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:50 PM, satya komaragiri
> <satya.komaragiri at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hey all !
> >
> > im Satya from I.G.I.T Delhi B Tech CSE 3rd year. Im a new member to
> > Linuxchix India (or whatever the name we finally agree upon :) ) .
> Welcome!!!
>
> Aneesha
> > came up with this idea that as a newbie if i share my experience with
> Linux
> > it maybe interesting for any other newbie out there.Hmm... i joined
> > linuxchix yesterday..and incidentally yesterday happens to be my first
> > actual experience with linux too :).. i am using ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) and
> btw
> > im posting from there :)
>
> That is so cool!!!!! Way to go!
> >
> > hmmm coming to the point...
> >
> > a new synonym for LinuxChix india
> >
> > here are my suggestions....
> > 1. LinuxAalia (aalia means the exalted)
> > 2. LinuxTaruna( this is a proper translation .. taruna == girl)
> >  3. LinuxEkantika (devoted to 1 aim)
> > 4. LinuxTriya (triya is girl again)
> > 5. LinuxEdha(edha is sacred)
> > 6. LinuxVipra (vipra is inspired or enthusiast)
> > 7. LinuxVilina (vellina is dedicated)
> >  8. LinuxManya (worthy of honour)
>
>
> I like LinuxTriya or LinuxVipra..... different and have a nice ring to it.
> :)
> Thanks for these suggestions!
>
> Regards,
> Aneesha
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:39:16 +0530
> From: Runa Bhattacharjee <runa.misc at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [IndiChix] indichix at linuxchix.org
> To: LinuxChix-India mailing list <indichix at linuxchix.org>
> Message-ID: <47C3044C.6000801 at gmail.com>
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> Hey Satya,
>
> satya komaragiri wrote:
> > hey all !
> >
> > im Satya from I.G.I.T Delhi B Tech CSE 3rd year. Im a new member to
> > Linuxchix India (or whatever the name we finally agree upon :) ) .
> > Aneesha came up with this idea that as a newbie if i share my experience
> > with Linux it maybe interesting for any other newbie out there.Hmm... i
> > joined linuxchix yesterday..and incidentally yesterday happens to be my
> > first actual experience with linux too :).. i am using ubuntu 7.10
> > (gutsy) and btw im posting from there :)
>
> Welcome onboard! Was nice meeting you at Delhi and its really cool to see
> you posting here.
> >
> > hmmm coming to the point...
> >
> > a new synonym for LinuxChix india
> >
> > here are my suggestions....
> > 1. LinuxAalia (aalia means the exalted)
> > 2. LinuxTaruna( this is a proper translation .. taruna == girl)
> > 3. LinuxEkantika (devoted to 1 aim)
> > 4. LinuxTriya (triya is girl again)
> > 5. LinuxEdha(edha is sacred)
> > 6. LinuxVipra (vipra is inspired or enthusiast)
> > 7. LinuxVilina (vellina is dedicated)
> > 8. LinuxManya (worthy of honour)
> >
>
>
> Whoa! Extremely cool list. I especially like #1 and #2.
>
> cheers
> Runa
> --
> blog: http://runab.livejournal.com
> irc: mishti or runa_b on Freenode
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:17:06 -0800
> From: "Vid Ayer" <svaksha at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [IndiChix] Notes from LCIN talk at FOSSkriti
> To: "LinuxChix-India mailing list" <indichix at linuxchix.org>
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> On 2/24/08, Gayathri Swaminathan <gayathri.swa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1. How to encourage new comers to FOSS activities - newbies just
> entering
> > FOSS world. How to step them into it?
>
> Yup, interesting. From what I have seen people pick up tasks they are
> interested in ..so maybe we need to ask people :: what is it that you
> like? Which area of FLOSS interests you and where would you like to
> contribute and/or make a difference?
>
>
> > 3. Who are the mentors - Should they be identified IndiChix advisors or
> > should be based on international active participation per FOSS project?
>
> I am not sure I understand this wholly, but to give an example...
> while writing an article or editing stuff for the fridge I would like
> help from others sometimes but cannot provide access to non-editors
> and most times its  timebound, so endup doing tasks myself (same for
> other eds). Ofcourse we would always love to have *more*
> submissions/stories from everyone (Ubuntu related articles please) but
> usually we endup doing it ourselves.
>
>
>
> > We do have this block
> > http://linuxchix.org.in/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Volunteering in our
> site.
> > Think it is time to start identifying point of contacts for each type of
> > activity.
>
> If one is working on a specific task
> (devel/artwork/documentation/....) and is actively seeking
> contributors for it, they can list that on the wiki page.  As far as
> collaborating on peer projects goes, it would be better to encourage
> women/newbies/anyone to the appropriate list for *-project. Say for
> Ubuntu, we have seperate lists, irc channels and forums for  Bug
> Squashing and Testing, Education Projects, Art, Mobile, Localisation
> and Documentation. This may be the case for many upstream projects so
> I am interested in how can we encourage women to go upstream and
> contribute there.
>
> Another point I forgot earlier regarding the mailing lists or IRC not
> being friendly to women. For a m-list, folks can write a complaint or
> forward the private message (if you are being harassed even after
> asking the person to stop) to the respective list-owners [eg. here its
> ... indichix-owner at linuxchix.org] with full headers. On IRC, do
> contact the "irc ops" for that specific channel and send them your irc
> logs of the conversation and what you find offensive, they will take
> appropriate action. On linuxchix IRC servers, the ops are tough about
> harassment and in worst cases will ban/kline the offenders.
>
> hth,
> Vid
> || http://www.svaksha.com ||
>
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