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Welcome to IITM Linux Users' Group Wiki

Here are some starters to those trying to use some Linux distribution in IIT Madras:

1. The mailing list (Google group) linuxusers_iitm is a very active community which will answer most of your queries.
2. The IIT Madras FTP server is an excellent resource available to people both inside and outside the campus.
3. Some information on networking, and setting up ntlmaps for proxy etc. can be found here.

Contents 1 Articles 2 Meetings 3 FOSS Workshop 4 The LUG T-Shirt (2008) 5 Idea for lug T-shirt (2009) 6 FOSS Contributions 7 Report Abuse

Articles

• Yahoo, MSN etc. through Gajim: How to connect to Yahoo, MSN etc. for chat through Gajim
• Cntlm: For circumventing/tunneling MS proxy with NTLM/NTLMv2 authentication (written in C for Windows, Linux, MacOSX, *BSD, UNIX)
• NTLMaps: For circumventing some non-standard MS based authentication
• Xcircuit, circuit drawing tool installation instructions.
• Windows/Linux equivalents:Linux equivalents of common windows apps.
• Debian Network Install: Installing Debian from the institute repository starting from a system with/without any other OS.
• Gaim: Configuring GAIM for GMail Chat in the institute
• Mail Client Configuration: Configuring a mail client for use in the institute
• The Institute LAN: An article describing the institute's LAN for beginners
• IITM LUG Splash Screen for KDE: An article describing how to install the IITM Linux Users' Group Splash Screen for KDE.
• IRC: Configuration HOWTOs for IRC Clients

Meetings

The IITM Linux User Group now meets frequently, usually at HSB310 in the Physics Department, IIT Madras. All are invited to the meetings. Generally, the meeting focusses on a talk / demonstration on using Linux and Open Source Software. Meetings held so far have featured the following:

• A vague introduction to Linux + a demo on Beryl
• Using and Installing Ubuntu Linux from the LiveCD. Also featured a live install of Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon".
• A demonstration of GNUPlot
• A talk about Gentoo and Archlinux
• A demonstration of sed and awk
• A PGP Key signing party and random discussion session
• A talk + demo on Makefiles

FOSS Workshop

This time, Shaastra (2007) featured a Free and Open Source Software workshop which intended to promote open source software by way of demonstrations of the same.

The LUG T-Shirt (2008)

Have a look at the 2008 IITM-LUG Tee here:

• http://iitmlug.wiki-site.com/index.php/LUGTee_2008

Idea for lug T-shirt (2009)

This is an extremely low res pic. For a higher res pic, look at:-

• http://iitmlug.a.wiki-site.com/index.php/Image:Lug-idea.jpg

Another one:

http://iitmlug.a.wiki-site.com/index.php/Image:Lug_T09-AC1.jpg

FOSS Contributions

A documentation of contributions to the FOSS community by IITM LUG members / students of IITM can be found at the Contributions page.

Report Abuse

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