.ape files

The trap, Windows users never think about the users of other Operating systems.

I've downloaded a .ape file, Sure I didn't know this before the download completed.

Now what ? a bit of googling showed me that this is a monkey audio format or whatever it's called.

Looks like there's something called cue2wav that can solve it but the page seems down or whatever.

Anyway I failed to build the SDK and I'm using the linux port to get a wav. Now that I have a wav let's split it. The guy was nice to include a "cue" sheet so let's get a list of breakpoints:

Then we can feed them to shntool and split the file. shntool split foo.wav "it'll read the split points from stdin!".

About the upcoming SSTE Conference

About the SSTE conference i don't know if they will ask us to talk about the unemployment and development in communication and information technology or not but I just prepared some points to talk about in case they asked us to talk about this issue ... and I need cooperation from all of u if u found something not good to tell me and to add some points too..

-The Philosophy behind open source.

open source and what is open source and why it is important... and why people choose to use open source instead of closed source... and why when making the source published in public that will offer much more opportunities for sharing and cooperation between all those who are interested in the field.. and will reduce monopolism and increase healthy competition between developers and contributors.. and also it will not be againest business development. it will be just a little introduction as all of them already knew about open source from the last conference.

-Open source and development cooperation.

how it will be great to make open source cooperate in development of countries in its many ways especially open source software.. and the advantage of open source software applications.

-Open source as a development path.

how using open source will make a right path to development as it has a less cost completely free license that will save money and help in economic development that will lead in development to the whole country.. and the economic development will be explained in the next points.

-Why developing countries must use open source.

i think this point will be important As Egypt is considered one of the developing country.. how the open source is suitable for the developing countries.. as it has no cost so it will save the money that is paid in licenses to be used in another fields..also open source needs many developers and contributors so many people will be able to work in this field and develop in it as it will be easy to learn for many people because of its GPLd tutorials and documentations .. so using open source in developing countries will be a good solution for the lake of money as many millions will be saved to be used in other fields .

-how reduction of unemployment will be one of the results of economic development that was caused by using open source.

and at last it will be so clear that due to economic development that was caused by the use of open source that will reduce unemployment.. and also many people can work in developing and contribution of the open source ..

I really appreciate ur cooperation very much..

Codename: Robert Paulsen (CodeX)

This document should serve as an open agenda to help in organizing the first episode of a computer and network security-related convention in Egypt. The final name is to be determined at a later stage. Aims and goals: Executive conceptions: Processes: Events: Other than this, the following is a list of the possible topics for the talk sessions: In case no theme is adapted (or the special event won't be related to the theme), several ideas could be implemented: Possible suggestions could include:

Community Webserver suggestion

Community Web Server

background

through our FOSS advocacy activities we introduced a bunch of NGOs to the concept of CMS systems, and explained the power, ease of use and affordability of the LAMP web application stack.

this turned out to be a killer FOSS application, our audience never saw anything like that before.

we did a couple of sessions on the Drupal CMS system, they where extremely popular and the feedback we got from the attendants (mostly web newbies with 0 GNU/Linux experience) showed that it was an empowering experience.

EGLUG is interested in anything that encourages people to adopt FOSS technologies, we're also interested in community development and initiatives to make computing more affordable and accessible using FOSS.

problem

• very few local websites for small organizations and individuals
• NGOs, artists, researchers etc would benefit from having websites
• companies working on the field offer static websites most of the time
• static is hardly useful for people who create and produce content on a regular basis
• static does not enable the website to build a community of readers and contributors, such communities proved to be essential in producing more quality content
• the few companies that offer dynamic websites are focused on enterprise and are too expensive for smaller organizations and individuals
• even if an NGO can afford the price the periodic cost of hosting is typically inflated and the solutions sold tend to be custom built with little regard for usability, end result is high cost of maintenance and dependence on single vendor
• the high cost and complexity force a model where specialists are the only people empowered to update the website
• and easy dynamic website offers the possibility of removing all middle men and allowing content producers/authors to publish it directly and interact with their audience
• a casual attitude towards the web and rapid edit/publish cycles have proved to be very effective tools for many organizations, the current culture around the web in Egypt prevents the use of tools like Wikis and Blogs.
• often commercial solutions push features not really required by the clients and discard features that may be essential
• almost all companies working o the field only understand commercial enterprises, a website to them is a marketing vehicle not a source of information or a community hub or an outlet for self expression
• LAMP stack offers the cheapest and most reliable webapplication platform, it runs 60+% of the web according to NetCraft yet few Egyptian companies offer solutions built on top of it
• the few companies that do offer solutions built on the LAMP stack ignore the wealth of prepackaged FOSS CMS and webtools
• using a well supported FOSS tools means you're not tied to your original vendor, there are many channels of support and the tool adapts to emerging webtrends and technologies
• the even fewer companies who do use CMS systems (I only know of two) do not offer customization, are not involved in the FOSS developers community and don't seem to keep updated with changes in the community/technology
• no local commercially built website respects web-standards or accessibility guidelines
• lack of awareness of how cheap and easy FOSS CMS systems are
• lack of prepackaged localized web-applications make it harder to build local websites using FOSS CMSs
• no integration, content sharing or any form of cooperation between local websites
• little local content, few local web communities.
• lack of visibility for local websites (this can be verified by simple Google searches, trying to search for very generic Arabic words and in many cases you'll get EGLUG on the first 10 results, EGLUG has only a handful of Arabic articles, is a low traffic website and is not extensively linked to there is no reason for it to rank high if it wasn't for the lack of other websites that match or the extremely low visibility they have)

what else

needs

for the above problem to be truly resolved a broad range of webservices providers should exist, including non for profit and volunteer based providers and providers building on all sorts of technologies and targeting all sorts of markets.

• assure people the web is easy
• demystify the web and its associated technologies
• introduce new technologies
• raise awareness of community models
• provide a platform for local content
  • should be affordable
  • should be extremely easy to use
  • ease of use should not compromise power or flexibility
  • should be localized
  • should be well supported
  • should provide possibilities for integration and content aggregation between various websites
  • should enforce/encourage web-standards and accessibility guidelines
  • should provide good community building tools
• encourage an attitude here the web is considered important but not a holy unapproachable entity
• collect and transfer experience on building. maintaining and running websites and web communities
• have a local developer community ready to help customize and adapt the platform

approach

we can contribute to solving this problem by offering people a fully localized stable, easy to use and flexible platform for web-publishing, coupled with dedicated maintainers, and support.

this platform if run by competent administrators can adapt to any new technologies and encourage content creators and publishers to adopt standards and best practices.

technical solution

EGLUG can cooperate with a partner to setup and administer a community Webserver.

• the server will be run by volunteers from EGLUG
• the server will be based on FOSS web technologies
• the server will provide free or ultra cheap hosting for NGOs, artists, researchers etc.
• will provide an integrated environment with a small set of content management system tools
• will provide a preinstalled environment with a large amount of preconfigured modules
• volunteer developers will be available to write any extra modules required by the content publishers
• the EGLUG volunteers will be in touch with the developers of the CMS tools, to act as a proxy for the publishers communicating their needs and feedback
• standards will be more or less enforced by the EGLUG volunteers, parallel training activities should explain the importance of standards to the publishers
• EGLUG volunteers will develop portal/directory/aggregator websites covering the content published on the server to give the content more visibility
• the portal will contain community features to encourage publishers to communicate together through it and encourage collaboration
• server might include areas for individual Blogs so say members and employees of an organization that has a website on the server can have a personal space for their own use.
• EGLUG volunteers will setup a central support and issue tracking public system

EGLUG Presentation in central EL-Fawala

In order to collect all EGLUG document in text format to ease search on them . and this highlights the need of a place to store Eglug Documents This presentation was on Central El-Fawala.

GNU/Linux and Open Source

Egyptian GNU/Linux users' Group

Presented to Telecom Egypt

October 5 , 2004

What is free software ?

• Free software has to do with freedom.
• Free software has nothing to do with price.
• Think of "free speech", not "free food".
• word "free" has multiple, disjoint meanings in English.
• The birth of Free Software

• Richard M. Stallman
• 1984 Stallman start GNU.
• Stallman graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in physics

• Freedom to run the program ,for any purpose(0)
• Freedom to study how the program works , and adapt it to your needs (1)
• Freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (2)
• Freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements (3)

GNU - Is Not Unix

• A complete users work space programs
• All free software
• Unix like
• Use existing components
• Free Software Foundation
• GNU Development tools

What is Linux?

• A UNIX-like Operating System, created from scratch.
• Free of minix code
• Linus Trovalds
• released linux as an alternative to minix
• open development process
• anyone can contribute

What is Linux core "kernel" ?

• By 1991 GNU was still missing the kernel .

• perform many low level and system level functions.

communicates with hardware

• Devloped by developers around the world.

• Capable of running on tiny embedded systems (PDAs, robots, DSL routers) as well as the largest mainframes.

A GNU/Linux Timeline

• 1984 Stallman starts GNU and the FSF.
• 1990 GNU finished full user work space
• 1991 Linus posts about a 'Linux'
• 1991 Oct Linux Ver 0.02 Released
• 1993 Dec 100,000 estimated users
• 1994 Mar Linux 1.0 Released (500,000)
• 1996 June Linux 2.0 Released (3,500,000)
• 1998 Mar 7,500,000 estimated users
• 2000 Jan ???? till now

What is “Open Source?”

• “Open Source” is a kind of software license (a kind of “End User License Agreement”)

What is “Open Source?”

• It doesn't just mean “Access to the source-code”

• The license must not restrict anyone from selling or giving away the software

• The program must include the source code, and allow distribution

• The license must allow for derived works and other modifications to be released under the same license

• The license must not discriminate against persons or groups

• The license must not discriminate against fields of endeavor (e.g., it cannot say “For educational use only”)

Who we are ?

• Our goals are very simple. We have discovered GNU/Linux and want to talk to others who have made the same discovery.
• We are experts and novices, professionals and hobbyists, young and old. Whoever you are, we hope we have something for you.
• We have many contributes in advocate ,train and support for Linux community in Egypt

Why choose Open Source?

• Open Source is Flexible
• The source code is available, so it can be altered to suit your needs.
• A program can change in ways the author never intended or dreamed of!

• Open Source is Inexpensive
• Up front costs for the software are nil!
• Because the source is available, anyone can learn how software works, so support can become *competitive; and therefore cheap!

Why choose Open Source?

• Open Source developers are motivated
• Most developers of Open Source are doing it because they have a need or a want to; they are *not simply programmer drones at a huge corporation!
• Better Security, and fewer bugs!
• Accidental (or malicious) bugs are found quickly, since anyone and everyone can examine the code.
• Viruses, “spyware,” etc. are almost non-existent!
• Actual bugs are fixed quickly, and in the open.

Why choose Open Source?

• The code will survive!
• While the loss of a major corporate contributor may be a deterrent, it will never mean the death of a piece of Open Source software.
• The code will always be out there, since it can always be passed along!

You can contribute!

• Even if you cannot help write the software, you can contribute with bug reports, feature requests, etc.

Why Switch to Linux?

• Many are frustrated with bugs, viruses, and crashes.

• Others are sick of spyware, pop-up ads, and having their computers hijacked to attack others or send spam.

• Some are tired of recurring costs (both new versions of software, and new hardware just to run it!)

• Finally, many have major concerns with new licensing that takes away their rights and invades their privacy!

Other Reasons to Use Linux

• Linux is a powerful multitasking, multi-user operating system

• The underlying OS and tools are separate from the graphical environment (GUI), so it is more well suited as a server. (It can run powerful servers on less powerful hardware.)

• It runs web servers, databases, email, print servers, file shares...
• Where does Linux run?
• Embedded systems
• TiVo & entertainment systems
• Robots
• PDAs / hand held computers
• Cellphones
• Gateways, server appliances, wireless access points
• Point-of-sale systems (cash registers)

• Licensing cost for the Linux OS itself is $0.
• Compared that to commercial embedded OSes!

Where does Linux run?

• Variety of CPU architectures
• “IBM Compatible” PCs
• 386, 486, 586, Pentium
• Next generation PCs
• Itanium, AMD64/Opteron
• Motorola 68000 / PowerPC
• Apple Macintosh, Atari ST, Amiga, etc.
• Alpha
• ARM
• IBM S/390
• MIPS
• PA-RISC
• Sparc

Where does Linux run?

• Giant Mainframes & Clusters
• IBM, HP and others sell Linux-based systems
• Some make their own large systems out of hundreds, or thousands of commodity systems (clusters)

Users include:

• Google (search engine)
• Amazon (e-commerce site)
• Dreamworks (animated motion pictures)
• NASA
• US National weather service
• Other government & military

Where does Linux run?

• Thin Clients (and servers)
• Linux servers store and run applications, and store all user data.
• Extremely low-end Linux clients display the applications.
• Used in schools and colleges, and some small businesses.

Why Linux is secure?

• Linux is one of the most secure operating systems. “Walls” and flexible file access permission

• systems prevent access by unwanted visitors or viruses.
• Linux is process centric.
• No one can change the settings of the system except one user account (root).
• Remote administration made easy through command line tools.

Governments Switching to Linux and Open Source!

• Britain's National Health Service considering (December 2003)
• Brazil leaning away from Microsoft (November 2003)
• “Vietnam embracing open-source products” (October 2003)
• Massachusetts mandates open source; locks horns with Microsoft(October 2003;)
• “Israel slams the door on Microsoft” (October 2003)
• UK Office of Government Commerce (October 2003)
• “Japan, China, Korea may develop Windows replacement”(August 2003)

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EGLUG contributed Drupal modules

--- captcha.module.orig	2005-01-19 17:00:08.000000000 +0200
+++ captcha.module	2005-03-05 00:12:03.921875000 +0200
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@
   if (_captcha_istrue("captcha_user_register") && !$newuser->uid && !$user->uid)
   switch ($type) {
     case t("register"):
-    // Add two items to the resigtration form.
+    $string = _captcha_code();
     
-    $output .= form_item("", '<img src="/'.url('captcha/image/'.time()).'" alt="Captcha Image: you will need to recognize the text in it."/>');
+    // Add two items to the resigtration form.
+    $output .= form_item("", '<img src="/'.url('captcha/image/'.time()).'" alt="Captcha: '.$string.'"/>');
     $output .= form_textfield(t('Word'), 'captchaword', NULL, 15, 15, 'Please type in the letters/numbers that are shown in the image above.', NULL, TRUE);
 
     return array(array('title' => t('Verify Registration'), 'data'=>$output));
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@
       
     case 'form':
       if (sess_read('captcha_comment_correct')!='ok') {
-        $output .= form_item("", '<img src="/'.url('captcha/image/'.time()).'" alt="Captcha Image: you will need to recognize the text in it."/>');
+	$string = _captcha_code();
+        $output .= form_item("", '<img src="/'.url('captcha/image/'.time()).'" alt="Captcha: '.$string.'"/>');
         $output .= form_textfield(t('Word'), 'captchaword', NULL, 15, 15, 'Please type in the letters/numbers that are shown in the image above.', NULL, TRUE);
         return form_group(t('Verify comment authorship'), $output);
       } else return NULL;
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@
     
     header('Content-type: image/png');
 
-    $string = _captcha_code();
+    $string = sess_read('captcha');
     
     //set up image, the first number is the width and the second is the height
     $im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);

Install fest 2005

Preparing for 2005 Install fest

Install fest 2008

Preparing for 2008 Install fest

Advocacy - Ways of Advertising.

CDs and Pamphlets - To be distributed.

During the event - What we'll be doing.

LPI Course outlines

LPI Outlines

got this info from www.linuxit.com, maybe it would prove useful to someone trying to teach themselves without any particular goals.

wonder if one could find free training material though

seems rather haphazard IMO

Course Goals

• For the student to become familiar with the Linux OS.
• Use Linux on the desktop
• Understand Linux Basics
• Candidate will be able to perform a basic installation of Linux
• Candidate will learn where Linux is most effectively deployed.
• Gain awareness of cost-effective Open Source alternatives to proprietary products.

• Understand Linux Basics
• Understand Command-Line Utilities
• Manage the Linux Filesystem
• Shutdown and start the system correctly
• Locate and use local and web based resource and documentation for applications and support

• Hardware configuration
• Software management using source code and package managers
• The X server architecture
• Understand the file system layout (the File system Hierarchy Standard)
• Process text files effectively
• Manage processes effectively
• Manage disks and file systems (including quotas)

• Manage, configure and rebuild the kernel
• The booting process
• Manage users and groups
• Bash shell scripting
• Manage printers and queues
• Configure serial modems
• Implement and troubleshoot TCP/IP
• Manage network services (inetd, sendmail, DNS, apache etc.)
• Security Administration
• Documentation

• Linux Kernel
• System Startup
• File systems
• Hardware
• System Maintenance
• System Customization and Automation
• Troubleshooting

• Networking
• Mail & News
• DNS
• Web Services
• Network Client Management
• System Security
• Network Troubleshooting

Course Outlines

• What is Linux?
• Popular Open Source products/projects
• Implementing Open Source projects effectively
• How Open Source compares to Proprietary models
• Installing RedHat and using GNOME
• Installing SuSE and using KDE
• Overview of desktop applications, and installing StarOffice
• Deploying Linux properly - A practical example

• Installation Basics
• Basic Linux System Administration
• Working on the command line
• Controlling the system through run levels
• Basic file management
• Text processing
• Using pipes and redirects
• Maintaining file systems
• File permissions and ownership
• Documentation

• The Linux Kernel
• Booting Linux
• Managing Groups and Users
• Network Configuration
• TCP/IP Networks
• Network Services
• Bash Scripting
• Basic Security
• Documentation
• Linux System Administration
• Setting up PPP
• Printers

• The Linux Kernel
  • Kernel Components
  • Compiling a Kernel
  • Patching a Kernel
  • Customising a Kernel
• System Startup
  • Customising the Boot Process
  • System Recovery
  • Customised initrd
• The Linux File system
  • Operating the Linux File system
  • Maintaining a Linux File system
  • Configuring auto mount
• Hardware and Software Configuration
  • Software RAID
  • LVM Configuration
  • CD Burners and Linux
  • Configuring PCMCIA Devices
• File and Service Sharing
  • Samba Client Tools
  • Configuring a SAMBA Server
  • Configuring an NFS Server
  • Setting up an NFS Client
• System Maintenance
  • System Logging
  • Building Packaged (RPM) Software
• System Automation
  • Writing Perl Scripts
  • Using the Perl taint Module
  • Installing Perl Modules (CPAN)
  • Check for Process Execution
  • Monitor Processes and Generate Alerts
• Using rsync

• Mail and Lists
  • Configuring Mailing Lists
  • Using Sendmail
  • Managing Mail Traffic
• DNS
  • Using dig and host
  • Basic Bind 8 Configuration
  • Create and Maintain Zone Files
  • Securing a DNS Server
• Web Services
  • Implementing a Web Server
  • Maintaining a Web Server
  • Implementing a Proxy Server
• Network Client Management
  • DHCP Configuration
  • NIS Configuration
  • LDAP Configuration
  • PAM Authentication
• System Security
  • Ipchains and Iptables
  • Network Security Tools

Mandrake pekwm menu method

this menu-methods script will generate a pekwm menu structure in /etc/X11/pekwm/menu which can then be included in your ~/.pekwm/menu file using this line

INCLUDE = "/etc/X11/pekwm/menu"

here goes

#!/usr/sbin/install-menu
#
# Generates PekWM menus for all registered applications
# Written by Alaa Abd El Fatah <alaa@linux-egypt.org>

!include menu.h
compat="menu-2"

genmenu="menu";
rootprefix="/etc/X11/pekwm/";
userprefix=".pekwm/";

treewalk=(M);

function ltitle()=translate(lang(),title());

supported;
  x11  = nstring(level(),"\t")"Entry = \""esc(ltitle(), "\"")"\" { Actions = \"Exec "esc($command,"\"")"\" }\n";
  wm   = nstring(level(),"\t")"Entry = \""esc(ltitle(), "\"")"\" { Actions = \"RestartOther "esc($command,"\"")"\" }\n";
  text = nstring(level(),"\t")"Entry = \""esc(ltitle(), "\"")"\" { Actions = \"Exec $TERM -T \\\""esc(ltitle(), "\"")"\\\" -e "esc($command,"\"")"\" }\n";
endsupported;

preoutput="\n#Mandrake Menu, Automatically generated. DONT EDIT\n";
postoutput="\n#end of Mandrake Menu";

endmenu=ifelse(basename($section),nstring(level(),"\t")"}\n","");
startmenu=ifelse(basename($section),nstring(level(),"\t")"Submenu = \""esc(ltitle(), "\"")"\" {\n","");

New FOSSCON Egypt

What about making a FOSSCON in Egypt in next July or 1st augst ?

i wish we can talk about many topics/technologies in this FOSSCON like:

- FOSS in education

- FOSS in Medical Field

- FOSS in Business

- FOSS in Industrial field

- FOSS in Agriculture field

- Innovation in FOSS

- Big Companies that support FOSS move

- Case studies for Countries that move to FOSS

- .... add yours here ...

we can talk for example about Free Open Source Operating Systems like ( Linux, *BSD, OpenSolaris, Minix, Syllable, ReactOS ).

we can talk about Free Software that serves Remote Education and how it can save the government money, time and efforts.

we can talk about Free Software that serves small & medium enterprises like ERP, CRM, HRM, ...etc.

we can distribute invitations, brouchores in universities, schools, companies and mosques/churches near the CON. area .

i hope we will make this event in a university and invite some business men and for example ministers of education, high education, ...etc.

can we do something like this ?

Open Source in Business - The Egyptian Perspective -seminar ..

Preparation for the FOSS and Development conference

only few days to the conference.

as everything is left to the last possible moment.

what do we need to do?

• Presentations for the 2nd Day
• Demonstrations for the 3rd day
• Pamphlets

apart from that we'll need volunteers to be present early everyday to prepare the place, the computers, the network etc.

1st Day:

Presentations

Opening (brief intro to FOSS) (15 minutes)

Manal will open the 2nd day with a quick rehash of what is FOSS, and what are the FOSS offerings, this is just laying the ground for the presentations that will follow

• the GNU/Linux system
• cross platform FOSS application
• FOSS in servers
• FOSS and the desktop
• who is using it and for what

The FOSS Desktop (30 minutes)

(Phaeron?) will take take a few minutes to present the FOSS desktop and office offerings, and highlight professional desktop apps such as Gimp, inkscape etc

Arabization (30 minutes)

MohammedSameer will give a briefing on the current arabization efforts, what is done, what is missing and what needs to be done (focus is off course on the desktop)

The FOSS Web Publishing platform (60 minutes)

Alaa(and who else?) will give a long presentation on dynamic websites, content management systems and present an example of a personal publishing platform (WordPress), a Community CMS (Drupal) and an enterprise CMS (Typo3).

Affordable computing (60 minutes)

RamezHanna (and who else?) will give a long presentation on how FOSS can make computing cheaper, he will cover

• low resource desktop software like abiword, gnumeric etc
• thin clients
• FOSS multimedia authoring software (typically these are too expensive for individuals and small organizations)
• Enterprise software (SQLLedger, PHP Project, etc) (used to be only the big companies could afford them) (conceptor will help with this).
• Ezabi will also present FOSS VoIP stuff

Hands On demonstrations

• Hula Server - whirlpool offered to do that, it will be installed on Conceptor's labtop.
• Asterisk - Ezabi can you do that (pending)
• Drupal - Manal can do that
• WordPress - Manal can do that
• Typo3 - Alaa can do that
• Thin Clients - Alaa can do that
• Desktop (knoppix) - Marwa can do that
• Graphics software - whirlpool can do that
• Phaeronix - phaeron off course
• SQLLedger - who??
• PHProject - BooDy can do that

what else?

we can have more than one person ding the same demo, so please volunteer, and please add ideas

EGLUG Booth

we will have a special table just for EGLUG, with a computer showing the EGLUG website and some pamphlets, who will man this booth, we need someone to show people the eglug website, explain who we are and what we do and invite them to join us.

on the breaks in the 1st and 2nd day we'll have a couple of PCs showing off the FOSS desktop, we need two volunteers for this.

CDs

• OpenCD 2.0 , with arabic interface (thanks DarknessWolf, Boody and whirlpool) and extra software in place of the blender videos
• Knoppix

whirlpool did the covers for the cds

Pamphlets

• About EGLUG (needs updating)
• a short intro to FOSS and GNU/Linux (adapt the installfest pamphlets into a shorter document maybe)

Laptops

we will have 8-10 pcs, but ho knows maybe we'll need more so please anyone who can bring a GNU/Linux laptop list yourself here

• Alaa
• Manal
• DJ KING
• MohammedSameer
• Ezabi
• Conceptor
• Marwa

we will have a wireless lan so we should have a very flexible setup

Volunteers

we need all sorts of volunteers, to give presentations, answer questions, setup computers, setup lan, help in organization etc. please volunteers list yourselves here

1. Alaa
2. Manal
3. DJ KING
4. MohammedSameer
5. Ezabi
6. Whirlpool
7. Phaeron
8. Boody?
9. Conceptor
10. Marwa
11. RamezHanna
12. DarknessWolf?
13. ADminS
14. Mohammed Yousif

volunteers will be wearing special EGLUG tshirts, design by whirlpool

volunteers, please tell us your prefered Tshirt size

Preparing for New Vision crash course

initial dump from my PDA, will clean up laters.

Renaming multiple files.

In the old days, I was using a for loop to rename multiple files.

Today I've discovered a new command: rename(1)

rename is not a traditional UNIX command but it comes with perl, And I guess you'll find a system without perl these days ;)

Imaginr that you have some files with underscores in their names and you want to change the underscores to spaces.
In the old days I used to do:

Now I can do:
Note that s/_/ /g is a perl regular expression "perl regex"
for more information:

Report On The FOSS Conference 13-15 March 2005

متطوعو مجموعة جنو/ليونكس مصر الذين شاركوا فى المؤتمر:

1. ADminS
2. Alaa
3. BooDy
4. Conceptor
5. DarKnesS_WolF
6. DJ KING
7. Eg_linux
8. Ezabi
9. Manal
10. Marwa
11. MohammedSameer
12. Mohammed Yousif
13. Phaeron
14. Pronco
15. RamezHanna
16. robertoramsis
17. Whirlpool

اليوم الأول:

الجزء الأول:

الكلمة الأفتتاحية للمؤتمر كانت للدكتورة/ مالين تدرس (مركز مجتمع المعرفة) . ثم تحدث الدكتور/ عادل الزعيم عن مكتب البحوث للتنمية الدولية و أمثلة لبعض المشروعات التى تعتمد على البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر فى أفريقيا . وايضا تحدث مهندس / أحمد السبكى عن البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر فى افريقيا و فلسفة البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر.

الجزء الثانى:

تحدث الأستاذ/ محمد حجازى الأمين العام للمركز المصرى للملكية الفكرية و تكنولوجيا المعلومات عن الملكية الفكرية و مقارنة بين البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر و البرمجيات مغلقة المصدر وعيوب و ميزات كلا منهما و أيضا تحدث عن ما هو مصطلح الملكية الفكرية. وبعد ذلك قام مهندس/ أحمد حسين من الشركة المصرية لنقل البيانات بالتعقيب و التعليق على الملكية الفكرية.

الجزء الثالث:

كانت هذة الفترة مخصصة لدراسة حالات محلية تعتمد على البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر و كانت كالتالى:

• مركز أبو النمرس لتكنولوجيا المعلومات (كوسبى) و قدم الحالة الأستاذ/ علاء عبد الفتاح
• البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر فى مدارس أبو قرقاص (التنمية العربية) و قدم الحالة الأستاذ/ شريف ماهر من التنمية العربية
• انتقال شركة ملابس جاهزة إلى الاعتماد التام على البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر و قدم الحالة الأستاذ/ شريف ناجى من مجموعة مستخدمى جنو/ليونكس مصر

اليوم الثانى:

الجزء الأول:

تضمن هذا اليوم عرض لبعض التطبيقات و حالات التعريب فى نظام جنو/ليونكس حيث قام أعضاء جنو/ليونكس مصر بالأتى:

• الأستاذ/ أسلام: بعرض تطبيقات العمل اليومية فى نظام جنو/ليونكس.
• الأستاذ/ محمد سمير: بالتحدث عن حالات التعريب و المشاكل التى تواجة اللغة العربية.

الجزء الثانى:

• الأستاذ/ علاء عبد الفتاح: قدم ادوات النشر على الأنترنت مثل Drupal.

الجزء الثالث:

• قدم كلا من الأستاذ/ رامز حنا و الأستاذ/ضياء بعض التقنيات الغير مكلفة بواسطة البرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر.

اليوم الثالث:

قام متطوعى مجموعة جنو/لينوكس مصر بتقديم عروض عملية تفاعلية، و تواجدت بعض الشركات و الجمعيات المهتمة بالبرمجيات الحرة مفتوحة المصدر للتعارف و المناقشة و للإجابة على الأسئلة.

وايضا يمكنك الحصول على الوثائق و ملفات الصوت لكل متحدث كلا التالى:

• ملفات الصوت لليوم الأول:

• ملفات الصوت لليوم الثانى:

Report on the training in Menya 4,5 february 2005

1. Manal
2. Ezabi

1st day:

we took the 7:15 train from Cairo and arrived in el Menya @ 10:30 and went directly to Gam3eyet el Sa3eed hotel in Abu Qorqas.

arrived @ Salah el Din school (for boys) in Abu Qorqas @ 13:00, we then started the installation of MandrakeLinux 10.1 Eglug edition in their computer lab. the teachers started to arrive while we were installing and we decided to explain the installation process to them all.

After we finished the installation on 9 pcs out of 10, we started the training:

• General desktop usage:
  • KDE and Gnome
  • OOwriter
  • Virtual desktops
  • Arabic keyboard layout

we finished the training @ 18:00

Attendants of the 1st day:

• teachers:
  • 3 teachers from Salah el Din school
  • 3 teachers from Adeeb Wahba school
  • 1 teacher from Monsha2at al Fekrya school
  • 1 teacher from el Thanaweya al Gadeeda school
• Officials:
  • the regional computer supervisor
  • the local computer supervisor

2nd day:

we arrived @ Adeeb Wahba prep school (for boys & girls) in Abu Qorqas @ 10:30.

we re-explained the installation process for 2 teachers on 2 pcs, then the 2 teachers performed the installation of MandrakeLinux 10.1 Eglug edition on the other 8 pcs in their computer lab (the local supervisor insisted on installing on 1 machine).

we arrived @ Salah el Din school @ 14:00 and started the training @14:30.

4 of 1st day teachers have quit because they were not computer teachers and they found out that they wont b able to transfer what they learn to the students in the computer club groups which will start next week.

but 2 new teachers joined the group, and supposedly 2 more will join.

total attendance: 6 teachers.

content of the training:

• Mandrake Control Center in general
• special stress on software mangement and installing dia and gqview as an example
• KDE desktop configuration
• Mandrake documentation
• Apps:
  • OOwriter
  • OOcalc
  • OOimpress
  • Kivio (used dia stencils)
  • Gimp 2
  • Gqview
  • Amarok
  • Kaffiene
  • Konquerer
  • Gnucash

we didn't have internet access, so we didn't install internet aps or demonstrate them, but we talked about:

• Mozilla
• Kopete

we also talked about other application without demonstrating them:

• Dia
• Mplayer

at the end of the day, we gave them free time to choose some application and explore it. they showed interest in oowriter, oocalc, ooimpress and kivio.

the teachers stressed on the importance of arabic documentation and Howtos, and some requested to get training on using the Gimp.

we agreed that the next visit will be in a couple of weeks, so that the teachers get some time to get more aquinted with the platform and give us their feedback.

we had 3 copies of Mandrake 10.1, we left a copy to the computer lab @ Salah el Din school, a copy to the computer lab @ Adeeb Wahba and the 3rd to the regional supervisor.

we finished @ 18:00 and took the 19:00 train back to cairo.

Evaluation:

negatives:

1. lack of arabic documentation
2. 4 teachers quiting after the 1st day
3. some computers had faulty hardware:
   • we couldn't install on a pc @ Salah el Din school due to cdrom malfunction
   • 2 pcs @ Salah el Din school had no sound detection
4. no internet in both schools
5. no network @ Salah el Din school
6. Interruption in the training to fix internal formalities

positives:

1. the train was comfortable
2. the hotel and food were very good

1. teachers and officals were very enthusiastic to learn about GNU/Linux
2. they showed apperciation to the initiative
3. some teachers showed promising improvement in the 2nd day
4. the teachers @ Adeeb Wahba school installed GNU/Linux on 8 pcs on their own
5. the initiative to start delivering this knowledge to their students and to other people in the local society.

SSTE conference preparation

Laptops

We need Laptops to do demonstrations of GNU/Linux desktops in breaks between conference sessions.

follows is a list of people who promised to provide modern laptops

• MohammedSammeer
• Toni
• Angoranimi
• Ramez Hanna
• MarwaYoussef

follows is a list of people who promised to provide old laptops

• Alaa
• Ezabi

and here is a list of potential laptop owners, guys can you attend and bring your lappies??

• YoussefAssad
• SoppyBoy
• DJ-King

CDs

Since we where asked to represent arabization efforts (we will represent both EGLUG and Arabeyes), we would better distribute an Arabic enabled live distro.

Arabbix 0.8 is very out of date and has various problems, arabbix 0.9 is very alpha and wouldn't work, if we have enough time we will create a quick mod of Knoppix, Morphix or Mandrake Move.

otherwise we should have 5 copies of Arabbix 0.8 for demonstration purposes.

we will probably distyribute Knoppix, we tend to favour Move for its ease of use but this time I think features are more important than ease of use.

we shall also have 20 copies of phaeronix and hopefully phaeron will be there to demonstrate and tell the people about it.

Pamphlets

everything will be in arabic only, no need for dual and we can't afford it anyway

the important thing is to make a splash, we need brochures to tell about EGLUG, a draft is ready, we've got no time to do fancy formatting but maybe we'll manage something.

since the events don't provide much techinical info and rather focus on large aspects it would be nice to provide informational pamphlets, we'll use the ones we used on the InstallFest

it would also be nice if we distribute the alex case study acompanied by a list of future/potential case studies, anyone knows of good uses of FOSS in Egyptian organizations??

Presentation

we shall give a presentation about Arabic community efforts and arabization, we'll recycle slides from our old seminars in universities

attendance

the event is open to the public, I hope we get as many EGLUG members as is humanly possible to attend.

people attending (add your name here)

• Alaa
• Manal
• Toni
• Angoranimi
• Ezabi
• MoahmmedSameer
• Phaeron
• linux_addict (not so sure yet :( )
• Conceptor
• Red_Dot
• MarwaYoussef
• SeeKeR " depends on My Boss..hope he is in good mood "
• Mody
• BooDy

what else

University Course Outline

ArabDev/EGLUG Introduction to GNU/Linux workshop

training will be split into 3 parts, duration of each part is roughly 9 hours.

EGLUG volunteers will be quiclkly introducing concepts and covering abstract ideas, Trainees are expected to work out the details on their own.

In the third part one topic is is chosen and the trainees will attempt to learn it in details, the volunteers will be there to facilitate and help.

this plan is a prilimenary one, we expect to find among the trainees preexisting experience that may require changes in the plan, we also hope to integrate any such experience in the training (workshop style).

tha training will be done by EGLUG's most experienced volunteers, these volunteers are all active Free/Open Source developers and contributors mostly working in Arabization with the Arabeyes.org project.

Part 1: Free/Open Source Software background

1st Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

Historical Background

• History of GNU/Linux
  • Unix
  • GNU Project
  • Linux Kernel
  • LAMP stack
  • Today
• The FOSS Model
  • What is Free Software
  • What is Open Source Software
  • Copyleft and the GPL
• The FOSS community
  • Developers
  • Support and user communities
  • Academia

• Companies

• Benefits of FOSS and GNU/Linux pros
  • Macro Economical benefits
  • Low barrier of entry
  • Knowledge
  • Portability
  • scalability
  • reliability
  • Modularity
  • Security

1st Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

Quick Look at GNU/Linux

• Installation
  • GNU/Linux distributions
• Desktop Usage

2nd Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

Quick Look at GNU/Linux

• GNU/Linux operating system concepts and components
  • Unix heritage
  • Everything is a file
  • basic compo0nents and subsystems
  • The GNU/Linux security model

2nd Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

Quick Look at GNU/Linux

• Command Line Usage
  • command line basics
  • file manupilation
  • process control
  • text utilities
  • package management
  • task automation
  • network utilities
• Basic administration
  • wizards
  • configuration files

Learning More

• how to get help?
• how to ask questions?
• how to find documentation?
• how to find source code?
• resources

Part 2: GNU/Linux in Different Scenarios

1st Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

Deskop GNU/Linux

• GNU/Linux in the office
• Multimedia authering
• Scientific workstation
• alternative productivity

1st Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

GNU/Linux as a development platform

• languages
• basic development tools
• advanced development tools

GNU/Linux as a LAN server

• router/firewall
• file/print server
  • Unix environment
  • Windows environment
• remote access

2nd Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

GNU/Linux as an Internet server

• mail
• web
• more

2nd Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

GNU/Linux webdevelopment platform

• apache
• LAMP stack
• ZOPE
• prepackaged apps
• not only for the internet

Extreme uses

• embedded
• clusters
• thin clients

Part 3: Specialized workshop

based on feedback from the two previous parts one area of use is identified and explored in details.

Upgrading eglug.org to Drupal 4.7

We don't usually upgrade immediatly with a new release, it's always better to give it some time, if the release proves to be sound and safe, we upgrade. But until we decide to upgrade, let's make sure we will be ready for the upgrade when we want to.

What we should do now is to make sure that we have versions ready for Drupal 4.7 of the following components:

• The modules we use.
• Our php code snippets (which can be found in some nodes and blocks).
• Our theme(s).

Let's see what are we missing to achieve the goal above.

Modules (0 modules need to be resolved)

This is a list of all eglug.org contrib modules:

PHP Snippets

Nodes:

Blocks:

Themes

We have only one theme

This upgrading procedure is one of the eglug.org administrators team tasks. But of course everyone is more than welcome to volunteer in many ways, like porting remaining modules, correcting/updating this page (as for example, some of modules above my be updated later with a 4.7 port by Drupal community).

The PHP Snippets may not need any effort at all, the above list is actually the result of a search in the database for all nodes with inline PHP code. Also, not everyone may be able to edit these nodes, but let's keep it here for now to make this document a complete list.

Note

If you would volunteer in porting any code, it's recommended that you update this page to indicate this. That is to avoid having multiple volunteers working on the same thing without coordinating with each other.

Upgrading eglug.org to Drupal 5.x

Monitoring 5.x upgrade process.

Modules (12 modules need to be resolved)

This is a list of all eglug.org contrib modules and the availability of their 5.x versions:

PHP Snippets

Nodes:

Blocks:

• Icons Bar block (this block of icons on the left).

Themes

We have only one theme

• EGLUG theme.

This upgrading procedure is one of the eglug.org administrators team tasks. But of course everyone is more than welcome to volunteer in many ways, like porting remaining modules, correcting/updating this page (as for example, some of modules above my be updated later with a 5.x port by Drupal community).

The PHP Snippets may not need any effort at all, the above list is actually the result of a search in the database for all nodes with inline PHP code. Also, not everyone may be able to edit these nodes, but let's keep it here for now to make this document a complete list.

Note

If you would volunteer in porting any code, it's recommended that you update this page to indicate this. That is to avoid having multiple volunteers working on the same thing without coordinating with each other.

Using Screen

Ever happened to you while working on a compile or any other operation through ssh and just before the end you get disconnected and lose all the work in that session, how frustrating . . .

Well no more tears ! screen is here

Screen is simply a command that gives several virtual terminal from one ssh session and they don't expire with ssh

After you start your ssh session just type screen and start working and if the connection is diconected when you log back in just type screen -ls to list the screen sessions available, output as follows

then you type:

One last trick, if you want to logoff while the command executes you can detach screen using the CTRL-A + d key combination which gets you out of the screen session while it is still running then you can log out of the ssh session and then log back in and resume the screen session when appropriate, when you want to end the screen session just type exit in that session

READ THE DAMN MAN PAGES :)

Cheers..

Who is Attending Mark Spencer presentation

1. manal
2. alaa
3. Karim Ratib
4. Ezabi
5. Mohammed El-Hakim
6. alienbrain
7. Ashraf

how to merge media files

$ ogmcat file1.ogg file2.ogg file3.ogg -o merged.ogg

$ avimerge -i file1.avi file2.avi file3.avi -o merged.avi

mpegs are even nicer, you can simply concatenate them together

$ cat file1.mpg file2.mpg file3.mpg > merged.mpg

$ mkvmerge -o MyMovie-with-sound.mkv -A MyMovie.avi MyMovie.ogg

kuwait linux magazine

it contain few lessons about some basic command line, and an article about migrate from other environments to GNU/Linux and short review for some GNU/Linux applications.

it is all in Arabic

quick intro to drupal's cache system

Drupal modules can cache results of complex database queries in the cache table to reduce system load.

large drupal websites tend to have nodes and blocks with embedded php code, EGLUG has a bunch of php nodes but non of them involves complex queries.

however the iconbar block which is based on a flexinode type involves a relativly large number of queries, these queries get executed on every page view yet the content of the iconbar rarely changes.

so the eglug performance can be improved by caching the icon bar, admins please modify the block to look like this

<?php
$html = "";
$cid = "eglug:iconbar_block";
$cached = cache_get($cid);

if ($cached){
  $html = $cached->data;
} else {
  /* iconbar code here */
$html = /* put output here */;
cache_set($cid, $html, CACHE_PERMANENT);
}
print $html;
?>

so basically you select a unique identifier for the data you're about to cache or retireve from the cache table ($cid), cache_get attempts to load the data from cache, if it fails to find the data it returns 0.

if cache_get succeeds we simply print the cached data, if it fails we do our queries and generate the desired html, then store it in cache using cache_set before we print it.

cache_set takes an $expire argument, this can be a timestamp, CACHE_PERMANENT or CACHE_TEMPORARY, we chose CACHE_PERMANENT here because icon bar hardly ever changes, modules would usually take care of clearing the cache when needed, in eglug's case I guess admins will have to delete the 'eglug:iconbar_block' entry manually, or maybe create a php node that does that, all it takes is one single function call

<?php
cache_clear_all($cid);
?>

on manalaa.net for instance I have custom php blocks that list latest entires from Aggregator2 feeds, since aggregator2 runs every hour the cache $expire is set to time()+(60*60) to make it expire after an hour, highly volatile data should use CACHE_TEMPORARY which get's cleared on fairly regularly.

test upgrade

a 4.7 copy of eglug.org (08-11-2006 9:30 pm GMT+2) is now running over here: http://test.eglug.org/

see if you are good enough to spot some errors, and add them to the list..

• theme tables are ugly.
• revisions lost.
• lost diff module, no 4.7 version. a patch exists http://drupal.org/node/40414 but doesn't apply to recent HEAD. MSameer contributed the port to 4.7. Thanks!
• new access permissions introduced. need to check and assign them for roles.
• many hardcoded relative links where assuming <base> tag, in 4.7 we should manually prefix each link by base_path().

• flexinode. as in project page they mention that not all fields were ported to 4.7. all ported
• theme uses hardcoded forms, should use 4.7's Forms API.
• image_filter, diff, rankvote, wiki, members are all cvs modules. should test.
• consider the comments here http://www.eglug.org/upgrade_47 done, most of them suggest better ways of doing things.
• Search button in header is devoid of text.

احتفالية تنصيب لينكس، تعريف بالبرمجيات الحرة - 2007

الموعد: السبت 1-9-2007 الساعة 11 صباحا

المكان:

العنصر البشري: باب التطوع مفتوح للجميع، ونتمى أن يكون العدد مناسبا

العنصر المادي:

بالنسبة لفعاليات اليوم:

الأفكار الموجودة حتى الآن:

1. احتفالية تنصيب جنو لينكس تحديدا توزيعة اوبنتو كوبنتو.
2. جلسات وتشمل على:
   1. شرح "لفلسفة" البرمجيات الحرّة BooDy
   2. "مقدمه "لسطر اﻷوامر AMS
   3. تنصيب لينكس والتعريف بالواجهة الرسومية
   4. Linux for every level of users,, Advantages, cons, and Dual Booting - DGamer
   5. تعريف وشرح لفكرة "الويكي" zsamir and rana saied
   6. شرح الـ ار اس اس و social bookmarking dr_drsh
   7. تعريف وشرح للمبادرات العربية "عرب‌آيز كمثال"
   8. تعريف ببعض برمجيات الويب وورد برس كمثال
   9. دروبال
   10. شرح عن استخدامات جنو/لينكس في تأمين البيانات والشبكات واختبارات النفاذية (penetration testing)عزبي
   11. windows linux back2back عمر عبدالوهاب - DGamer
   12. audio
   13. أسئلة شائعة DJ KiNG
   14. لماذا تختار لينكس كنظام تشغيل Egyptianu
   15. Development on GNU/Linux (languages,compiler,IDE's ) Mnabil
   16. Security - Exploits (perl exploits - C_C++_Bugz - Flood - SPam - Programmerz Errorz by : ix-S3cur1ty

بعد الجدل الحاصل حول أسعار الدي اس ال البعض مهتم بجلسة عن اللاسلكي عن طريق علب الصفيح"المياه الغازية والسمنه" "مفتوح للإضافة"

""هل من الممكن كل متطوع يدخل يكتب هو ممكن يعمل ايه؟ممكن الناس متكسلش لو سمحتوا ؟؟؟؟؟؟""

أسماء المتطوعين من المجموعة

1. BooDy
2. alienbrain
3. ezabi
4. linuxawy
5. mogaio
6. MSameer
7. alwotwat
8. AMS
9. MaLek
10. phaeronix
11. Ahmed Mohamed Rabieh
12. aboyousif
13. Mnabil
14. fredmorcos
15. DJ KING
16. Rana Said
17. Amr Ahmed
18. Samer
19. moa7amed
20. dr_drsh
21. iMeMo
22. eg_linux
23. Nero
24. Ahmed Koraiem "DGamer"
25. Eman Abdel Razek
26. Egyptianu
27. محمد عادل
28. mostafa khattab
29. Moaz Reyad (Ubuntu Egypt LoCo Team)
30. tego
31. theSamo
32. Ibtihal Ahmed
33. Ix-S3cur1ty
34. TAREK EL-SAMNI
35. WAGIH EL BEDEWY
36. h-idrisi

يرجى اضافة اسمك ان كنت تود المشاركة

Flyer

use this flyer for printed material if anybody can get us a good offer to print 1000 of these in the next 24 hrs please say it here now or forever remain silent.

ملصق مهرجان تنصيب لينكس 2007

Banner 75% size

يوم جنو لينكس الخامس

احتفالية تنصيب جنو لينكس الخامسة

الموعد:
السبت 9-2-2008 الساعة 10 صباحا

المكان:

مسرح روابط"تم الحسم لصالح روابط"

الفعاليات:
تنصيب جنو لينكس للزوار بالإضافة للجلسات التقنية المقدمة من المتطوعين

المتطوعين:
برجاء تعديل الصفحة و إضافة اسمك لقائمة المتطوعين إذا أردت المساهمة

1. BooDy

1. Ezabi

1. Nero

1. dr_drsh

1. Ibrahim Taha
2. خالد حسني

يوم جنو لينوكس فى مكتبة مبارك العامة بالأورمان

الموعد :

الجمعة 27/1/2006

المكان :

مكتبة مبارك العامة 4 ش الطحاوية متفرع من شارع النيل الجيزة أمام مديرية أمن الجيزة

المشاركون :

1. Khaled Hosny
2. bestofnay
3. Ahmed Amin
4. Mohamed Tawfik (zamaliphe)
5. Mohamed Samy
6. Diaa Radwan (Conceptor)
7. BlueViper
8. MoudyMan (Ahmed Magdy)

الأنشطة :

__

1. introdcution to GNU/linux (Conceptor will do it )
2. linux and games. (who can do it)
3. open ofice .(who can do it)
4. how to install linux in your pc? (conceptor & bestofnay will help on it)
5. programming under linux. (who can do it)
6. the kind of desktop in linux kde&gnome. (Khaled Hosny will do it)
7. phaeronix live cd.(who can do it) is phaeronix ready or not will someone bring cds.
8. Linux Networking Services + DeskTop TroubleShooting. "Including "SMB, NFS, DHCP, BIND, FTP, APACHE, SQUID" (Ahmed Magdy)

ADD ANY ACTIVITY YOU WANT IN HERE