Time for another election. The last year was tremendously enjoyable, a number of improvements and a few unpleasant but necessary changes.

But before running for another election, I would like to know if I could live up to the expectations and deliver. Well, I did as much as I could, but was that sufficient and beneficial to you? Time for feedback.

But running or not, my sincere thanks to all the ambassadors for their supports that I enjoyed and to my FAmSCo colleagues. It is a privilege to be a part of such an wonderful team.

…which brings me back to the reason why we’re here. There is no escaping reason, no denying purpose, because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist. It is purpose that created us. Purpose that connects us. Purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drives us. It is purpose that defines, purpose that binds us…

My purpose on this was some fun coding. You’re the one that has to walk through it and let me know if you want to keep it or trash it.

If you want anticlimax, refer here.

I have just sent this to fedora-announcement-list.

It dates back to a lazy afternoon of July, when I had my occasional “spark of enthusiasm” for doing something. So I started a conversation in Fedora India mailing list. It was decided that such a thing would be helpful.

More seriously, we do lack packaged applications and dedicated spins in the area of healthcare. If someone wants to put in a FOSS based solution into a hospital/clinic workflow, there is no elegant solution. So if we can have a medical spin, that is going to be of help.

The initial wiki page is here.

Simply put, the goal of the SIG is going to be:

1. Working on identifying the various workflows / needs of the medical or healthcare community in terms of software.
2. Bring together and package the software those fitting in the workflow.
3. Composing a spin to get a out-of-the-box solution.
4. At a later stage, developing any crucial app that may be lacking.

To make it a success, we need volunteers. So please join, if you feel that it is a worthy cause. Once a few more people are there, we can discuss and take it forward.

I am keeping my fingers crossed.

This evening, I worked a bit on the upcoming integrated distribution process. This should redirect a reasonable portion of media request traffic towards online/offline vendors.

The mockup is here. The source is here.

Your comments are appreciated.

Two snaps of a Durga idol.
For them who knows, pics are from Bagbazar Sarbojonin, Kolkata , India.

The next four days are what we all look forward for an year.

Durga Puja is a festivity of Good (Goddess Durga) winning over the evil (Mahishasoora the demon).

So much fun, laughter, joy and happiness all around, the surroundings, something so mundane, seems to be as surreal as a dream.

Greetings to you all.

You can find it live here. Updated twice an hour. I hope that it will be easier to find the nearest ambassador from now on. The actual number of ambassadors are much more and we are waiting for more people to update their location in Fedora Account System.

PS: We shall soon apply some nice markers and fedora css to make it better looking. Thanks to everyone for their help.

We are eagerly awaiting Fedora 11 which is coming up on 2nd June,

Keeping the demand in mind and to ensure easy availability, we have arranged for Master copies of Fedora 11 for Indian LUGs (without any charge).

Any LUG with a proper contact person, is entitled to receive master copies of Fedora media from Fedora India.

If you wish to receive media, you can either update this page, or you can send me a mail at susmit AT fedoraproject DOT org.

Please forward this message to LUGs that you know exists and you may be a member of.

Thanks for your support to fedora.

Once again it is release time, and all of us are dying to grab a copy of F11.

To assist the wonderful work that is being done by Ambassadors in India, we have arranged for master copies for F11 disks for every ambassador interested.

Please enlist your name here, and you will be sent the DVDs for free.

It would be appropriate to note that these DVDs are meant for ensuring ease of redistribution rather than for personal consumption.

Thanks.

“The wheel of change moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down.”
–
Jawaharlal Nehru