Video courses for self-tutoring

I stumbled upon a good starting point for
Free Online Courses and Video Lectures ::
http://freevideolectures.com/blog/.

Take a look.

partha

Squid proxy server

Beginner's Guide Available for Squid Proxy Server 3.1

The widely used web proxy server Squid is used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other people running web sites to make web access more efficient, for example by locally storing ("caching") web content that is frequently used. Read more, at ::

http://linux.about.com/b/2011/03/12/beginners-guide-available-for-squid-proxy-server-3-1.htm?nl=1

Abel Prize 2011

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2011 to John Milnor, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University, New York “for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra”. Professor Milnor has received all the major awards in Mathematics: He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962, the Wolf Prize in 1989 and is the only person to have won all the three Steele Prizes of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) in 1982, 2004 and early this year for seminal contribution to research, for mathematical exposition and for lifetime achievement respectively. He also received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1967.

Prof Milnor's biography is at
http://www.abelprisen.no/en/prisvinnere/2011/.

Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) was a brilliant Norwegian mathematician who accomplished an amazing amount of brilliant work in his short lifetime. Abel died of tuberculosis at the age of 26 after being forced to live in miserable conditions because of his inability to obtain a university post. The offer of a professorship in Berlin was not forthcoming for four years, by which time it was too late. The letter arrived two days after Abel's death, informing him that he had been offered professorship at the University of Berlin.

In GOD's own country

Visited Vimal Jyothi engineering College, Chemperi, near kannur, Kerala. This college, located in a remote and isolated village, in the midst of a thick forest of rubber trees, gives a paradise like feeling. I hope to be able to visit this place more often.

Talking Linux in GOD's own country

Just back from a trip to Kerala aka "GOD's own country". Had a pleasant experience of talking about Linux at Vimal Jyothi Engineering College (VJEC), Chemperi, near Kannur, Kerala. I also had the pleasure of eplaining the benefits of FOSS, to the teaching staff and Administrators of VJEC.

Linux wallpapers

I have created and uploaded a bunch of pictures for use as the wallpaper ib your Linux boxes. Take a look, and download these pictures, from ::

https://picasaweb.google.com/drpartha/Linuxwallpapers#

Have fun !

partha

Mailing list guidelines

A well-written (and maintained) set of guidelines for those who use and manage mailing lists ::

http://lug-iitd.org/Mailing_List_Guidelines

Take a look.

partha

FOSS related jobs

Looking for a job ? Are you a FOSS enthusiast ?
Start here ::
http://fossjobs.in/

All the best !

partha

PS This site is also good for people who need FOSS gurus. Try posting your job offer here.

Redhat Basics -- Video tutorials

Balasubramian Natarajan has put up some video tutorials about Redhat Linux basics, on You tube;:

English

RH033-1: Part 1 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P53tGgg9TBw
RH033-1: Part 2 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1s0Hr3zT6Y
RH033-1: Part 3 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c8omF8ev6Y

RH033-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY2lGPgIeuY
RH033-3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaiBhxVNKZA
RH033-4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V02Axx0jD0
RH033-5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG_GlhrBz8s
RH033-6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV4HxiYcjEM
RH033-7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLlkOv-rEs
RH033-8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxGm4lhvs08

Tamil

RH033-1 Part1of3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIqxvz-Svv0
RH033-1 Part2of3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tW59HJbqCs
RH033-1 Part3of3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvcHSZQLa7U

RH033-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YXfUG2Evw
RH033-3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPl3GDLRcUE
RH033-4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJy_ZqStoI
RH033-5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql4nK01JQKk

RH033-6 PartA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNaCv3iS8vg
RH033-6 PartB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuwEx1XYPZo

RH033-7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=766P8nNrVq8
RH033-8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzp2n0b5Lg

This is Bala's youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BalaTutor



Take a look.

partha

PS If you have problems watching Youtube videos, you can get a CDROM with all the videos, from me. drpartha AT gmail DOT com

Ubuntu event .... on the web

The Ubuntu Developer Week event will take place from February 28th to
March 4th, 2011, and will cover several aspects of Ubuntu development,
from crash-courses in getting started with working on Ubuntu to more
advanced topics.

Join #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net from 28th Feb to 4th Mar
and check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek for more
information.

Ubuntu developers and enthusiasts wanting to contribute will get
together online for five days of sessions hosted by some of Ubuntu's
greatest developers.

Here are some of the topics the developers will go over in the sessions:

· Getting Started with Ubuntu Development;
· How to use Ubuntu Distributed Development;
· How to get changes into Ubuntu;
· How to make changes in stable releases of Ubuntu;
· How to collaborate with Debian;
· Getting new apps into Ubuntu;
· Unity hacking (fixing Unity bugs, writing compiz plugins, learning libunity);
· Ubuntu One App Programme;
· Hooking in Ubuntu translations;
· How to write IRC bots;
· How to use Zeitgeist;
· How to use TestDrive;
· Ubuntu 11.04 stuff: Unity 2D, OMAP4 and ARM, Q&A with Ubuntu
Engineering Director, etc;
· Helping out the LoCo Directory;
· Django hacking;
· How to get better bug reports;
· Boto EC2 Cloud API;
· How to use Launchpad’s Daily Builds;
· and much more!

To participate, all you have to do is join the #ubuntu-classroom
channel on irc.freenode.net. Sessions start Monday, February 28th,
2011 at 16:00 UTC. The odd hour was chosen to accommodate for as many
people from around the world as possible.

The main channel will be in English, to ensure that the highest number
of people can join, but there will be translations in several
languages for those who aren't comfortable enough with their English
to ask questions. Translations include: German, French, Italian,
Catalan, Finnish, Danish and Spanish.

In only 5 years, Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux-based
operating system in the world with millions of users. Did you ever
wondered how the Ubuntu development works? Do you want to know how to
get involved yourself? You can get more information about Ubuntu
Developer Week here.


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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan


My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in



--
Regards,
T.Shrinivasan


My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in