Libre Graphics Meeting Leipzig – Dejavu Fonts

Happy to see Ben Laenen and Denis from DejaVu font getting Vietnamese school notebooks for their #typography studies at #LGM . Let's work on getting more cooperations of projects and contributors between Europe and Asia started!Ben and Dennis from DejaVu fonts Links:Libre Graphics Meeting: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org

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FOSSASIA 2014 Phnom Penh

FOSSASIA 2014 in Phnom Penh has been an amazing experience. We had 3 Days of Pure Knowledge Sharing, 71 International Speakers, 15 Presenters from Cambodia, 121 Talks, Workshops and Panels, 8 tracks per day, Hands-on Labs and Hacking practice for everyone. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the event, the organization team, Norton University and our sponsors! Participants at FOSSASIA 2014   Links Event Site: http://2014.fossasia.org

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GSoC Ideas 2014

FOSSASIA aims to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2014. We are working together with a number of Open Source developers in the region and function as an umbrella for different projects. If FOSSASIA gets accepted, you will find more information about the application procedure for students on this page.The ideas list below gets updated continuously as students also submit ideas in the process. So, please check back again later. If you have your own idea or small project, please apply for FOSSASIA on the Google Summer of Code website!If you have questions or feedback, please write to us on the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/fossasiaWe have four areas for our GSoC projects 2014:Open Design Projects, Garments, KnittingWeb and Mobile DevelopmentNetwork and Mesh TechnologiesPeer to Peer Technologies Open Design Projects, Garments, Knitting Develop 2D Body Measurement AppThe goal of this project is to provide users with an Android app that assists them in measuring their body data for generating customized patterns. The measurements are taken according to standardized measure points which are usually used by tailors. The student needs to propose a design and step by step guide to collect the measurements of the user. The data will be saved to the app or as a file, with additional options to export data as a Google spreadsheet and submit data to a web service.A draft of a file format has been developed. A sample part below:<document-info> <personal>   <family-name></family-name>   <given-name></given-name>   <birth-date></birth-date>   <sex>female</sex> </personal> <body-measurements>   <unit>cm</unit>   <head_and_neck>     <head_girth></head_girth>     <mid_neck_girth></mid_neck_girth>     <neck_base_girth></neck_base_girth>     <head_and_neck_length></head_and_neck_length>   </head_and_neck>   <torso>     <center_front_waist_length></center_front_waist_length>     <center_back_waist_length></center_back_waist_length>     <shoulder_length></shoulder_length>     <side_waist_length></side_waist_length>     <trunk_girth></trunk_girth>     <shoulder_girth></shoulder_girth>     <upper_chest_girth></upper_chest_girth>     <bust__girth></bust__girth>     <under_bust_girth></under_bust_girth>     <waist_girth></waist_girth>     <high_hip_girth></high_hip_girth>     <hip_girth></hip_girth>     <upper_front_chest_width></upper_front_chest_width>     <front_chest_width></front_chest_width>     <across_front_shoulder_width></across_front_shoulder_width>     <across_back_shoulder_width></across_back_shoulder_width>     <upper_back_width></upper_back_width>     <back_width></back_width>     <bustpoint_to_bustpoint></bustpoint_to_bustpoint>     <halter_bustpoint_to_bustpoint></halter_bustpoint_to_bustpoint>     <neck_to_bustpoint></neck_to_bustpoint>     <crotch_length></crotch_length>     <rise_height></rise_height>     <shoulder_drop></shoulder_drop>     <shoulder_slope_degrees></shoulder_slope_degree>     <front_shoulder_slope_length>     <back_shoulder_slope_length>     <front_shoulder_to_waist_length>     <back_shoulder_to_waist_length>    </torso>    <arm>     <armscye_girth></armscye_girth>     <elbow_girth></elbow_girth>     <upper_arm_girth></upper_arm_girth>     <wrist_girth></wrist_girth>     <scye_depth></scye_depth>     <shoulder_and_arm_length></shoulder_and_arm_length>     <underarm_length></underarm_length>     <cervical_to_wrist_length></cervical_to_wrist_length>     <shoulder_to_elbow_length></shoulder_to_elbow_length>     <arm_length></arm_length>   </arm>   <hand>     <hand_width></hand_width>     <hand_length></hand_length>     <hand_girth></hand_girth>   </hand>    <leg>     <thigh_girth></thigh_girth>     <mid_thigh_girth></mid_thigh_girth>     <knee_girth></knee_girth>     <calf_girth></calf_girth>     <ankle_girth></ankle_girth>     <knee_height></knee_height>     <ankle_height></ankle_height>    </leg>    <foot>     <foot_width></foot_width>     <foot_length></foot_length>      <foot_girth>    </foot>    <heights>     <height></height>     <cervical_height></cervical_height>     <cervical_to_knee_height></cervical_to_knee_height>     <waist_height></waist_height>     <high_hip_height></high_hip_height>     <hip_height></hip_height>     <waist_to_hip_height></waist_to_hip_height>     <waist_to_knee_height></waist_to_knee_height>     <crotch_height></crotch_height>   </heights> </body-measurements> </body-measurements></hdf>Project: Valentina Patternmaking ProjectWebsite: http://www.valentina-project.org Skill Level: Medium Usefull skills: Android development, UI design, Java, formats, CSS, Phonegap or other framework Mentors: Mario Behling [http://mariobehling.de], Hong Phuc Dang  Develop a GUI for the Adafruit Knitting Machine ProjectThe goal of this student project is to facilitate the production process with the Brother KH-930e Knitting Machine, that can be controlled by Open Source software as below. Parts of the process require commandline experience and Python knowledge. In order to enable more knitting enthusiasts to use Open Source knitting machines, we hope to find a student that takes on the challenge and comes up with ideas to make this process easier. Below a video of the current work process and step by step descriptions. Disk Drive/Computer Connection Notes The external floppy drive for this machine was the same as a Tandy PDD1 (Portable Disk Drive 1). This drive is connected using a serial port. There is documentation on the internet about how to connect these drives to computers, but the connector pinout on the knitting machine is different than the drive, and I didn't find…

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FOSSASIA is Mentor Organization for Google Summer of Code 2014

FOSSASIA participates again as a mentor organization in Google Summer of Code 2014. Students can apply for scholarships of FOSSASIA on the Google Melange website. Accepted projects will be published on the site here.Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects.  Historically, the program has brought together over 7,500 students with over 440 open source projects, to create over 50 millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its tenth year. If you are feeling nostalgic or are interested in learning more about the projects we have worked with in the past, check out the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 program pages (https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page)Timeline10 March: 19:00 UTC Student application period opens.21 March: 19:00 UTC Student application deadline.Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.18 April: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTC Student acceptance choice deadline.21 April: 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2014 site.Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.19 May: Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.23 June: 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.27 June: 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.11 August: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.18 August: 19:00 UTC Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.22 August: 19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline. Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.22 August: 20:00 UTC Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google25 August: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2014 announcedLinks* Google Summer of Code 2014 https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014

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FOSSASIA Summit 2013 Wrap Up

With many new meetups and coding events we saw an expansion of the FOSSASIA community in 2013. A particular focus was on Cambodia, where workshops took place at the Open Institute and local startup spaces in preparation of the FOSSASIA summit. FOSSASIA 2013 Planning Meeting at Small World Phnom Penh FOSSASIA Meetup at Norton University Phnom Penh Chantra Be with Hong Phuc Dang in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Community Workshops in Cambodia Links Images: flickr.com/photos/tags/fossasia2013 Tweets: twitter.com/fossasia

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FOSSASIA 2014 at Norton University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from February 28 – March 2

We are excited to announce FOSSASIA 2014 in Phnom Penh. After taking place several times in Vietnam, it is the first time FOSSASIA takes place in Cambodia. The event will be held at Norton University from February 28 – March 2, 2014. Hong Phuc Dang at Norton University Phnom Penh, Cambodia FOSSASIA is an event that offers students, developers and start ups a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is a premier place for Open Source communities in Asia to get together with International developers and an opportunity to experience Open Source technologies. Previous events attracted up to 1400 participants and speakers from 20 countries. Apart from Open Source Software FOSSASIA 2014 will feature a number of Open Hardware projects. In the FOSSASIA business lounge participants can learn about start up ideas and practices and connect with International companies and outsourcing partners. Norton University Phnom Penh, Cambodia hosting Tech and Developer Community at FOSSASIA

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Google Summer of Code Ideas 2013

FOSSASIA aims to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2013. We are working together with a number of Open Source developers in the region and function as an umbrella for different projects. If FOSSASIA gets accepted, you will find more information about the application procedure for students on this page.The ideas list below gets updated continuously. So, please check back again later. And: The best ideas are often ideas of students themselves. So, if you have your own idea or small project, please apply for FOSSASIA on the Google Summer of Code website!If you have questions or feedback, please write to us on the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/fossasiaImportant dates for students:April 9 - 21: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.April 22: 19:00 UTC: Student application period opens.May 3: 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline.GSOC Ideas for FOSSASIA1. Phimpme Android AppThis photo app to connect to “any social service” and Open Source CMS is a project of developers from Vietnam. The goal is to make a beautiful app that also works with web systems based on Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress. In Google Summer of Code Students can propose a number of projects around the app. The source code of the app is on github here: https://github.com/phimpmeIdeas for student projects:Project 1: Implement full Google Maps and OpenStreetMap SupportThis project also aims to show photos on a web map on a CMS of own choice.Usefull skills: Android, Maps API, Understanding of Exif data and implementation, Web development, CMSProject 2: Add support to more social networks and CMSPhimpme already supports many social networks including many in Asia. Nevertheless there are still other networks popular in some countries. There are also CMS like TYPO3 which are not yet supported. Students can propose support for other services in this project.Useful skills: Web Api, Android Development, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Knowledge of CMS 2. Meilix Linux DistributionMeilix is a new Linux project aimed to offer users a fast and easy to use Linux desktop, that can be “frozen” and therefore secured. Student projects should implement new features. The goal is to offer a simple user interface to freeze the OS up to different levels, e.g. only freeze the system, but not the home directory.The Meilix System User Lock can be found on Github here: https://github.com/meilix/systemlock Usefull skills: Linux development, Python, Shell, Scripting, GUI design, Inkscape, Gimp 3. Networking ToolsOpenWrt is a widely used Linux distribution for embedded devices and specifically routers. Large networks consist of hundreds and even thousand of nodes. Administration of routers, e.g. ESSID setting is a long process.Student Project: Develop Web Interface Administration tool for large numbers of Nodes (routers) for OpenWrt based on kaluaThe goal of a student project would be to develop a new web interface to show the status of routers and enable mass administration of devices. The foundations of this have already been developed in the Kalua application: https://github.com/bittorf/kalua#readmeUseful Skills: Linux development, OpenWrt, Embedded devices, Web UI design, Gimp, Inkscape, Lua, ScriptingLinks: http://openwrt.org 4. Opencoin.orgOpen Coins introduce the idea of versatile digital cash…

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OpenTech and Open Knowledge in the Mekong Delta and throughout Asia

The FOSSASIA organization has been very active and I would love to give you a few updates on our activities. One thing why we love to work in this community is because you get the chance to meet some of the most awesome and friendly tech people of the world. Jonas Smeedegaard from the Debian community is one of our guests who has been visiting us three times already and conducted workshops at our events and even stayed several weeks in Can Tho to train students using and developing Debian. Jonas Smeedegaard at Workshop: Bringing Asian and International developers together Meetups and Code Sprints Of course we could not do all of this alone and we would like to thank some of the most outstanding folks we are working together with including HanoiLUG and Saigonlug in Vietnam, Singapore Hackerspace and the Beijinglug. Coding Projects We have recently involved and organized activities with the following projects and are glad to feature the following projects on this blog: Wikipedia OpenWrt Crypto-Stick LXDE MoonOS Android GNOME Debian Fedora Gimp Inkscape Linux conversion libraries OpenStreetMap and many more FOSSASIA Event in Ho Chi Minh City Internships In 2012 we welcomed interns in Can Tho. Fifteen students participated in the program as full time interns in the office of MBM International in the biggest city in the Mekong delta. The program took place for 2 months and a core part of it was to learn how to use collaborative tools liker issue trackers and contribute to OpenStreetMap. Our students also love the Wikipedia sprints and we got a lot of positive vibes as everyone was happy to learn how to set up the Mediawiki software, that empowers the encyclopedia, share their ideas and spread Open Knowledge and Open Data about the Mekong Delta. Event activities We also continued to organize the FOSSASIA OpenTechSummit in 2010 and 2011 in Raffles College and Van Lang University in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. Plus we had a Mini-Debconf in Saigon and organized the event series OpenDesign.Asia Weeks bringing together designers and Open Source developers. We have links to the LXDE project and GNOME community and we have sent developers to the GNOME.Asia Summit 2012 in Hong Kong and supported the TYPO3 conference 2012 in Phnom Penh. Also globally FOSSASIA starts to receive more attention. We have received the opportunity to introduce Asian projects at the Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal (2011) and Brussels (2011), at the Linuxtag in Berlin (2012) and many other community events. Please Join us and Get in Touch The FOSSASIA organization supports activities and Open Tech development and Open Knowledge projects of the community active in Asia. If you are interested to cooperate for a project, need support for a development sprint or an event, please contact us on the FOSSASIA mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/fossasia  

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FOSSASIA community meetup at GNOME.Asia 2012

GNOME.Asia Hong Kong 2012 FOSSASIA members had a wonderful get together at GNOME.Asia 2012 in Hong Kong. About GNOME.Asia Summit. The event is Asia’s GNOME user and developer conference, spreading the knowledge of GNOME across Asia. The event focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop and other devices that use GNOME, and also covers GNOME-based applications and GNOME development platform tools.It brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and businesses to discuss both the present technologies and future developments.The FOSSASIA team presented the two projects: crypto-stick and the x-mario gaming distribution.A big thanks for this fantastic event goes to the local and global organization team and the GNOME Foundation, in particular to Max, Haggen So and Sammy Fung.Hong Phuc Dang also received travel sponsorship from the GNOME Foundation and thus increased the participation numbers from Vietnam to three contributors. GNOME.Asia Hong Kong 2012

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