11 May 2012
Some devices, like the Galaxy Nexus and the HP Touchpad* (via the custom Android ROMs) don't expose themselves as USB storage devices. They instead use MTP or PTP to transfer media files (limiting to only photos and audio/video files being shown from the device). This happens due to there being...
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30 Dec 2011
I moved this blog a while back from Blogger to Wordpress. I was looking to move away from Blogger/Blogspot, to something self-hosted. I had come up with the following list to make the move seamless (for me as well as regular visitors): Ability to use custom domains: Since I used...
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26 Dec 2011
My article on FUDCon Pune 2011 appeared on opensource.com last week: http://opensource.com/life/11/12/fudcon-pune-making-conference Apparently my initial submission was about 3x longer than the average article on opensource.com. I've covered events running up to the conference on this blog, and with the osdc article, I've covered the conf as well. There still...
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12 Nov 2011
My second talk at FUDCon Pune was on Virtualization (slides) on day 2. While I had registered the talk well in advance, I wasn't quite sure what really to talk about: should I talk about the basics of virtualization? Should I talk about what's latest (coming up in Fedora 16)? ...
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08 Nov 2011
My session on learning git (slides) was scheduled right after the lunch break on the first day of the FUDCon Pune 2011. I had targeted the session for beginners; however I had some help from Shakthi, who conducted a session on git during the 2nd FAD and from Ramky who...
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08 Nov 2011
Things had been going on smoothly so far: banners, posters and booklets had arrived, wireless routers had arrived, the guys in charge of adding power outlets to the venue were going to arrive on time. Jared Smith, Joerg Simon and Robert Scheck were already in Pune that day and we...
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08 Nov 2011
Jared Smith: 'Our biggest enemy is ourselves' Sitaram Chamarty: 'English is never going to be as precise as perl or shell. That's my biggest problem in life.' Joerg Simon (kital): 'The event was really smooth. All talks started on time, with German precision. Almost feels like a German event.' (In...
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03 Nov 2011
We're in the final stages now, and things are mostly in place: Website: http://fudcon.in working fine People have started arriving, cabs booked for all coming via Mumbai A couple of them missed their flights, but they're on their way with a new schedule Posters, booklet, banners printed Budget is under...
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20 Oct 2011
No, this post isn't about FUDCon-branded currency, though we'd love to have those! In addition to herding cats, I'm also keeping tabs on a spreadsheet that lists the various expenses we will incur and whether we're within our allotted budget. The summary is that we're doing fine, and are nowhere...
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14 Oct 2011
Names in bold have action items against them; please follow up with me / Rahul on progress. From http://openetherpad.org/ep/pad/view/fudcon-pune-planning/8hnDjIyKnH 13 Oct 2011 Attendees: Amit Shah, Rahul Sundaram, Kashyap Chamarthy, PJP, Saleem Ansari, Shakthi Kannan, Anurag Patel, Satya, Murty, Shreyank, Ramki Design Add COEP, Red Hat logos to banners before printing...
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