Category: FOSS

GNOME.Asia Summit 2-3 April 2011 (2 days conference)

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GNOME 3.0 Launch Party | GNOME.Asia Summit 2011In order to give ample time to cover GNOME 3.0 topics during the conference we have decided to make the GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 a two-day conference (April 2nd to 3rd). This will also allow us to accept more talks.

We would also like to kindly remind everybody especially  participants of the GNOME 3.0 Bangalore hackfest that we’d love to hear about what you’ve been working on during the conference so we can all be inspired and receive in-depth coverage of your field of expertise. The deadline for the call for papers is Feb 18. If you haven’t added your talks yet, submit one today!

Update on GNOME 3.0 Launch Parties with Goodies Support

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Following up on the previous post about GNOME 3.0 Launch Parties, The GNOME Foundation is giving away some goodies (t-shirts, stickers, balloons, etc) to those organizing GNOME 3.0 release parties. The campaign has been launched for a week now, we already have 23 parties registered on this page, 11 from Asia, 10 from Europe, 2 from South America. We are also finalizing the goodies design with the help of Andreas.

Registration will be on until Feb 15, 2011. Since we have nobody yet from North America, Russia, Oceanica and Africa, it would be nice if somebody can ping these communities!

GNOME 3.0 launch parties with goodies support

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GNOME 3GNOME 3.0 will be officially released on April 6th 2011! Have you started to plan for your own GNOME 3.0 Launch Party in your region yet?

Here is the good news! For those organizing a launch party, The GNOME Foundation will give away some goodies (t-shirts, balloons, stickers, other stuff) to support your events. Registration is starting now and attribution will be on a first come first serve basis and within availability.

You can find more information about GNOME 3.0 at http://www.gnome3.org, more information about Launch Parties at http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/LaunchParty, more information to prepare your own GNOME 3.0 party at http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/LaunchParty/Resources and more information about the goodies at http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/Goodies .

Should you have any question please use the GNOME User Groups mailing list at http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gugmasters-list or find us on GNOME IRC servers in #gnome-love channel.

Please help us spread the word and get a few launch parties in your area. Register and document your event at http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/LaunchParty#Locations making sure you supply a valid email address.

Happy GNOME 3.0 Release Party!

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Announcing GNOME 3.0 Bangalore Hackfest | GNOME.Asia Summit 2011

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GNOME 3.0 Bangalore Hackfest 2011
March 28 – April 1 2011, Bangalore, India

We are hosting a 5 days hackfest for the release, documentation and marketing teams focusing on GNOME 3.0 release. This will ensure some heavy testing of the code during the last week before the official release of GNOME 3.0, as well as preparing the release to happen in an optimal way. And at the same time, it will help the marketing team to clarify messaging when needed and finalize the launch details.

It is not primarily aimed at users or new contributors but we may organize some training and hands on sessions during the last 3 days of the hackfest (March 30 to April 1). Apart from that any contributor involved in the release process is strongly encouraged to join.

Please let us know you are coming by registering on the Bangalore Hackfest 2011 page.

GNOME.Asia Summit 2011
April 2 2011, Bangalore, India

Right after the GNOME 3.0 Bangalore Hackfest, we will jump on the opportunity of having a lot of the GNOME developers already on site to aim for the greatest GNOME.Asia Summit of all time. Now in its forth year, GNOME.Asia Summit will have the pleasure to continue to bring GNOME to users and developers in Asia and more specifically India this year, but also to celebrate the release of GNOME 3.0 with the people who actually write the software!

The event will bring the light on the GNOME desktop both from a applications and a development platform point of view, as well as strengthen the GNOME community across borders.

Visitors should expect great insights into how GNOME 3.0 will transform their desktop experience, the changes and improvements under the hood and how to make the best out of this new desktop environment both from a developer and user perspective.

The call for papers is already out and we hope to receive a lot of submissions from the Hackfest participants. We are also finalizing our call for sponsors and, depending on the momentum, planning for an extra conference day to cover all the topics (based on available budget and paper submissions). So stay tuned and visit Gnome.Asia regularly for the latest information!

Hosting GNOME 3.0 Hackfest | GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 in Bangalore, India

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Mysore kottaram

It’s a great pleasure to announce that Bangalore, India has been selected as the venue of our upcoming GNOME 3.0 Hackfest | GNOME.Asia Summit 2011. It is important to highlight that GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 is matching the release of GNOME 3.0 and will be a great place to celebrate this launch. GNOME 3.0 is a big advance for GNOME bringing new desktop paradigms to facilitate users interaction with their computing world.

Potential sites for the hackfest are the offices of GNOME-friendly companies such as Novell and Intel. We’re still in discussion with several universities such as Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering for hosting the one day conference.

Bangalore, referred as the Silicon Valley of India, is known for its skilled and talented IT force. We believe hosting the event in Bangalore will bring the spotlight on GNOME 3.0 and make an impact locally, regionally and internationally in terms of business and community building.

We are currently discussing with the GNOME release, marketing and documentation teams about the best possible date of the event, and should be able to announce it within the coming week. It is important to mention that this GNOME 3.0 Hackfest will be the first GNOME hackfest in Asia, is already synchronizing with other GNOME communities around the world.

As a side note we also reviewed two other very strong proposals to host GNOME.Asia Summit this year (2011) and will continue working with the teams from Hong Kong and Bali to make it happen in 2012/3.

More about Bangalore

Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka and is India’s fifth-largest city. Often called “The Garden City,” Bangalore is full of parks famous for their flowering trees and greenery, giving the city a unique beauty. Many diverse cultures and customs exist in Bangalore, and its 5.3 million inhabitants favor activities such as football, cricket, bowling, hockey and rock climbing. For cultural lovers, Bangalore has maintained the preservation of its ancient arts and architectural wonders such as the Sri Radha Krishnachandra Temple, among many others. Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore for more details.

Credits

A big Thank You goes to Intel and Novell for offering their offices to host the hackfest as well as the Bangalore team (Akhil Laddha, Bharath Acharya, Ayesha Iqbal, Srinivasa Ragavan and Parag Goel) for their compelling proposal. We would also love to give a special Thank You to the Bali and Hong Kong teams for their participation, represented by Utian Ayuba, Arif Syamsudin, Wayan Sudana, Azhar Udin. Edmon Chung, Haggen So, Sammy Fung, KS Wong, Amanda Lam, etc. We have indeed received three very great proposals this year, making the selection task very difficult.