FOSS
RMS in Sri Lanka
Richard M. Stallman, the Founder of the Free Software Foundation and the one who launched the GNU Project is in Sri Lanka and there are few events happening where he will be talking on 'Free Software in Ethics and in Practice'. So don't miss out.
More Info : http://www.foss.lk/events/2008/rms-in-sl
Software Freedom Day 2007
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide event that is celebrated annually on the third Saturday of each September. This year, it will be celebrated on the 15th of September. The goal of this celebration is "To educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) [...]
Mozilla Thunderbird 2
I just now upgraded to Mozilla Thunderbird 2 which was made available worldwide yesterday. I didn't really dig into its new features yet. Message Tagging, Message History, Improved Search and Easy Access to Web Mail Services are some of the new features in this release. There is some nice improvement in the look and feel [...]
Firefox 2.0
Firefox 2.0 has been released with some cool features. Go get it from GetFirefox.com.
Check out the Release Notes for whats new in Firefox 2.0. I didn't upgrade it yet though on the course of doing it.
SFD 2006 – Summary
I was stuck with work last couple of days so couldn't make a post about the Software Freedom Day Celebrations. Initially the Sri Lankan Team planned to have three teams preaching FOSS + distributing handouts and Free GNU/Linux CDs at three locations which were MC Lobby, Crescat Lobby and Excel World. Due to couple of [...]
Software Freedom Day 2006
The Lanka Linux User Group (LKLUG) along with the Sri Lankan FOSS community will be celebrating the Software Freedom Day on the 16th of September 2006.
Here are the locations & list of activities that have been planned for the event. Don't miss out.. Be there to celebrate the Software Freedom Day..
Web Application Security Bootcamp
It was the final day of the ApacheCon Asia 2006. Today there were two tutorial sessions split into four tracks. In the morning session I took the 'Introduction to the Apache Web Server' by Rich Bowen where he gave an excellent piece of tutorial on basics and beyond basics of the Apache Web Server.
The second [...]
ApacheCon Asia 2006 – Day2
So it was day two of the ApacheCon Asia 2006 or I would rather call it day three coz it started on the 14th with the hackathon. Day started off with the session by Dr.Sanjiva on the topic 'The World is Flat in Apache'. The sessions after that were broken down into two tracks where [...]
ApacheCon Asia 2006 – Day1
Today was the first day of the ApacheCon Asia 2006 which is the first ever ApacheCon in Asia. It was great to be part of the history and we all should be proud that Colombo, Sri Lanka was chosen to host this great event. ApacheCon Asia 2006 is the main event amongst few other events [...]
Firefox 2 Beta 1
Firefox 2 Beta 1 is available for testing the new features and changes available.
Check this out..
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/07/12/firefox-2-beta-1-milestone-released/
