Thahadoor Linux User Group - Dharmapuri

Dreams come true today June 30 2010

Dreams is all about Linux User Group at Dharamapuri. It was pending for last 5 years. Today i made this by initiating the Linux User Group mailing list for Thahadoor. Thahadoor is an ancient name of current Dharmapuri. Dharmapuri is a district of Tamil Nadu, India.


I have discussed about this with my Linux Guru, Mr. Ganesan Arasanatham Subbarayan. Who is taught me about Linux and its internals and he is running his won company and created a solution for POS that was used in retail shops of Dharmapuri and near by districts. Thank You Very much Sir for your contribution. He brought me up in the FOSS world. 

And also discussed few months back with Mr.Chinnasamy V who is my childwood friend and also we shared more knowledge on Linux and FOSS and Mr. Bala who is also FOSS enthusiast from TCE, Madurai and


Now we began the mailing list for Dharmapuri Linux User Group. But we need a name to represent ourselves. Then i gone through footprints on the internet. In wiki page Dharmapuri referred in two ancient names "Thagadoor or Tagadur". Then I discussed about this in Ubuntu Tamil mailing list and also with My Linux Guru Mr. Ganesan. The suggested name for Dharmapuri Linux User Group by all is "Thahadoorlug".


Today June 30 2010, Dharmaprui Linux User Group baby born and we named as "ThahadoorLUG"

Please Subscribe Here and Join with us: Thahadoorlug

Thahadoorlug mailing list created under www.yavarkkum.org domain. 

Thanks Mr. Amachu the co-founder of an Non-Profit Organization "YAVARKKUM" for Tamil Computing and hosting our Thahadoorlug mailing list in www.yavarkkum.org domain.


Thanks Mr.A.S.Ganesan

Ubuntu 10.04 Release Party By Kanchi LUG on 6th June 2010

Kanchi LUG arranged for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx release party at Pachaiyappan Hr.Sec School, Kanchipuram. Invited over twitter, buzz, gtalk status updates,facebook and mailing lists. Its great effort and spirit.

The event was scheduled at 3 o clock in the evening. Behalf of Ubuntu Tamil Team, Amachu was preparing the Ubuntu Mazhailar Minnedu, (ThangamaniArun)me too joined with him, once its done. My self and amachu started leaving from NRC-FOSS,Chennai at 2:30pm towards kanchipuram. Amachu is the chief guest for Ubuntu release party :)

Event was started at 3:45pm , before we reach kanchi @ 4pm and we joined in the middle while Arulalan was giving presentation of “History of Gnu/Linux”.

Yasir explained “Why Linux?”
Kabilan explained how Ubuntu born and how it is growing.

Suresh demonstrated some 3d games like openarena, torcs and tuxracer.
Balakrishnan explained that Installation is very easy and showed a demo on it


Malathi and Suji  shared their experience and contribution in Tamil  Computing (Tamil Font, Spell checker projects).

The Chief Guest Ramadhas, started with his awesome speech. He explained how the proprietary world is making us as slave. The need of using opensource, the need of localizations etc. People got enlighted and understood the concepts of opensource.

He released the "Ubuntu CD and Ubuntu Manual in Tamil”.Mr. Anbu and Mrs. Umamaheswari Anbu, Shakthi ITI, received on behalf of students. Mr. Sundhar, Bank of India, received for public.

We end with National anthem.

And also i shared my cutomized ubuntu iso image 920MB with kanchilug team to spread the same.

In the middle i took some photos, please click here

Thanks to Shrinivasan T and Kanchilug Team for the wonderful event.

"Free  Software is the Future.. Future is ours"

Industrial Training on Free Software Technologies from 2nd June to 6th June 2010 at SSN College of Engineering, Chennai

FSF Tamil Nadu part of Free Software Movent Of India organised 5 days industrial training on FOSS technologies from 2nd June to 6th june. It was done in two ways, half-day talk, half-day hands-on in labs.

 There are 270 plus students participated and benefited the traning under FOSS technologies.

The training covered the following topics

1. What is Free Software ??
2. Patents.copyright,coyleft ??
3. Python basics ?
4. Drupal - Web development ?
5. Cloud computing ?
6. Linux File system Hierarchy ?
7. Linux system Administration ?


I am also went for organising the event for one day. And also i shared bit on android.

I had customised Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx to about 920 MB iso and distributed the same for the students. It has development, Multimedia, Flash plugin packages with Tamil and English Langaues support alone :)

Thanks for the event organisers Shanu, Welkin, Praveen, Basker, RaviJaya

No thanks to SSN, becazi heard that they asked money for all the resource used during the training. FSFTN is a non-profit org, how they will pay??

Any way SSN helped with gaining money to spread FOSS to 270 students.

"Free Software is the Future.. The Future is ours.. "

Ubuntu Tamil Team Demo Stall at Dharmapuri Educational Exhibition

Exhibition started at 10 o'clock, with Tamil Thai Vazthu. The event was integrated by Arur MLA Mr.DelhiBabu. followed by other VIPs talked and visited the stalls.

Ubuntu Tamil Team members Shri Ramadas, ThangamaniArun, Nagararajan and SelvaMurali jointly organised Ubuntu Demo Stall at Eduication and Information Technology Exhibition, Dharmapuri on 31st-May-2010 at DNC Vijay Mahal.

Distributed Ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx DVD and Books to the peoples and given a demo also. We have spread the word "FOSS" to more then 50 peoples.

Also R. Sudhakar, Superintendent of Police,Dharmapuri gave talk on "how to grow in life and the importance of education"

In the evening there is a awareness talk about education, jobs, poltics and public. Aamachu gave an inspiration talk

News Local paper:http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=9102

Thanks to DelhiBabu for the event organising. At the end National anthem.

Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/thangam.arunx/UbuntuStallEducationAndInformationTechnologyExhibitionDharmapuri