FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry

Enabling consensual technologies for the masses

[UNITE @UNITEITORG]

Union of IT And ITES Employees protested tofay in Chennai against the announced TCS layoff of 12000 employees and the government inaction.

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

FSHM is happy to host SFLC's well acclaimed techno-legal training in Puducherry. Participate in this hands-on workshop on understanding privacy and protecting your legal rights, information & identity online.

@SFLCin

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering & Technology, Puducherry to collaborate with their Computer Science Engineering Department.

#FSHM #FSHMPY #Pondicherry #Puducherry #RGCET

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

#SOTC is conducting a #hackathon at #PondicherryUniversity in collaboration with CSE Dept, PU.
#SOTC #FSHM #FSHMPY #Pondicherry

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

🚀 Register now for Pondicherry's first FOSS Conference - FOSSCon2024! 🌍 One-day introduction to world of Free Software Technologies.

🗓 Date: 13/10/2024 (Sunday)
🕙 Time: 10 AM - 5 PM

👉 Register now at https://t.co/J8GbO6RKCw

#FOSSCon2024 #OpenSource #TechCommunity

[Srinivas Kodali @digitaldutta]

Can any self proclaimed DPI Expert please tell me why we need KYC for paying tolls? Unless you are like we can use that data to determine how to give loans to them as Mr Nilekani promises to make people rich with data, but only ends up looting our data.

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FSHM wishes everyone a very happy new year in 2024. Let's walk together in this journey of consensual technologies and knowledge commons for all.

#FSHM #FSHMPuducherry #Pondicherry #Puducherry #FSHMPY #NewYear #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenHardware #KnowledgeCommons

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FSHM welcomed the 2024 new year with an icebreaker and round discussion on what everyone would like to change about themselves and FSHM in the new year.

#FSHM #FSHMPuducherry #Pondicherry #Puducherry #FSHMPY #2024 #NewYear #FOSS #FreeSoftware

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

Blender basics - 3D modeling and animation
- We created a simple 2secs video of balls sliding on a box by implementing physics and materials.
- Then we tried creating a hand kite.

#FSHM #FSHMPY #FSHMPuducherry #Puducherry #Pondicherry #Blender #FOSS

[Simon Quigley @tsimonquigley2]

Open source is more than open code. It is open collaboration, and open community.

In open source projects, you find a variety of contributors. Some have been around for decades, others have been around for months. Some are paid for their work, others do it out of the kindness of their heart. Some people are just starting out in the tech industry and need a place of belonging, others have been in the tech industry for decades. Given these facts, it is important that everyone works well together, when the opportunity to accomplish collaborative work presents itself.

An often-forgot mantra in the Linux community specifically is, "know your audience." Understanding who you are talking to and why you are talking to them is as critical if not more important than the message itself.

People lose focus; it can be easier sometimes to tell someone to just RTFM, or ignore them because "if they would just DuckDuckGo it this specific way..."
Remember that, you too were once that inexperienced.

On the other side of this, dealing with people more experienced than you, remember that basic respect goes a long way. I've met many people who are critical contributors to major projects, but if you walked by them in the streets, would never know. We need to be compassionate and respectful towards these people as well. Their mistakes may be more impactful, but they put their shoes on one foot at a time, just like you and I.

If everyone feels good when contributing to an open source project, it will continue. If you let sour emotions get the best of you and everyone in the project, it will consume the project along with it.

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

Today's session introduced what is the need for wiki, what are the characteristics of a wiki software and the session went onto hands-on mode successfully hosting FSHM's wiki.

#FSHM #FSHMPuducherry #FSHMPY #Pondicherry #Puducherry

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

Let's come together to understand the software behind Wikipedia and how to self host it.

Date: 24/12/23
Day: Sunday
Time: 10-12.30PM
Venue: Maitri, 3rd Floor, Above Babuji Biryani Center, HM Kassim Salai, Puducherry - 1

Join our signal group:
https://t.co/TIVC3SwdRE

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FSHM's 2nd Organisational Conference held on 17/12/2023 elected its new Executive Committee and Office Bearers.

17/12/2023 அன்று நடைபெற்ற FSHM இன் 2வது அமைப்பு மாநாட்டில் அதன் புதிய செயற்குழு மற்றும் நிர்வாகிகள் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டனர்.

#FSHM #FSHMPY #FSFTN

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

FSHM's EC Member Arjun announced the events for the conference.

#FSHM #FSHMPY #Puducherry #Pondicherry #FSFTN #CuddaloreGLUG #SOTCPU

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FSHM's EC member and cr0n's coordinator Jagadeeswaran shares his extensive experiences in forming RGCET's GLUG cr0n. He also talks about the technical contributions made by him and his peers, the attempts to develop a FOSS Android OCR app.

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[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

FSHM's EC member Dinaesh delivers the vote of thanks to all volunteers, guests, donors and delegates after the conclusion of the new EC and OB election.
#FSHM #FSHMPY #Puducherry #Pondicherry #FSFTN #CuddaloreGLUG #SOTCPU

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FSHM's EC Member Harthi shares her experiences and memories with the movement and the path forward for newcomers.

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Former student activist Sanjai talks about the impact of organization and activism in changing one's life and the challenges faced today in communicating political goals to the general public.

#FSHM #FSHMPY #Puducherry #Pondicherry #FSFTN #CuddaloreGLUG #sotcpu

[FSHM - Free Software Hardware Movement Puducherry @fshmpy]

FSFTN's founding member Suthir highlights the challenges faced in communicating political content via surveillance capitalism platforms and the need for decentralized community managed FOSS platforms.

#FSHM #FSHMPY #Puducherry #Pondicherry #FSFTN #CuddaloreGLUG #sotcpu