Events

Bangladeshi Free/Open Source Software Events

Workshop on Linux and Open Source (North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2005-04-07 10:00 AM to 2005-04-07 06:10 PM) — by Russell John

Organized by Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance, this day-long workshop is intended only for the students of North South University. Fedora Core 3, Mandrake, and Ubuntu CDs will be distributed for free.

Bangladesh Open Source Network at SoftExpo2005 (China Friendship Conference Hall, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2005-11-27 08:00 AM to 2005-12-01 05:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

BdOSN will be in the largest software exposition in Bangladesh to be held in Dhaka from 27 November to 1 December 2005, the SoftExpo2005. Please visit BdOSN stall at A-40. You can have Ankur Live CD ( A standalone Linux distribution in Bangla), OpenCD containing the most popular and useful open source software for Windows and much more.

Teacher Professional Development Training (Central Gono Bidyalaya, Sonargoan, Bangladesh, from 2006-04-09 10:00 AM to 2006-04-13 06:00 PM) — by Russell John

Organized by Relief International - Schools Online, this 5-day long training will provide school teachers with intermediate-level IT skills while simultaneously teaching active educational methodologies. Over the course of the training, participants will learn to use Fedora Core 5, OOo Writer, OOo Impress, OOo Calc, Nvu, KolourPaint, The GIMP, along with digital camera operation and the Internet. Food, accommodation and the training itself will be provided free of cost.

Fedora Core 5 Workshop (North South University, Dhaka, Bangaldesh, from 2006-06-11 10:00 AM to 2006-06-11 06:00 PM) — by Russell John

The latest features of Fedora Core 5 will demonstrated, followed by a question answer session for the students on North South University.

Workshop on Bangla Localization (Linux Lab, IICt, BUET, Dhaka, from 2006-04-22 09:00 AM to 2006-04-22 04:00 PM) — by A A Munir Hasan

A wokshop on Bangla Localizaion in OSS. Arranged jointly by BdOSN and Ankur. The objective of the workshop is to prepared the participants for Bangla localization. This free of cost workshop is open for all. However, due to limited seat, only pre registered persons will be allowed in the workshop. The praticipant should have an idea of Open Source and must know how to write Unicode based Bangla in computer. Interested person should apply to Bd_osn(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Migrating to Linux: Introduction to Open Source Tools (North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2006-06-15 10:00 AM to 2006-06-15 05:00 PM) — by Russell John

Students will be introduced to the open source tools available on Linux. Fedora Core 5, Ubuntu 6.06 and Manriva 2006 will be used. 100+ students are expected to join.

Bangla Localization Boot camp (IICT, BUET, Dhaka, from 2006-06-10 08:45 AM to 2006-06-10 05:15 PM) — by A A Munir Hasan

This boot camp is organized to localize Open Office dot org in Bangla. However, this camp is the trial for a future camp to estimate the efficiency of the campers. This is the follow up activity of the Localization workshop held in 22 april 2006. Anyone interested in OSS can join the camp. The camp may be extended in time, if required!

October Monthly Meeting and Iftar Party (Metronet office, Gulshan 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2006-10-14 05:00 PM to 2006-10-14 07:30 PM) — by Russell John

From this month onwards, Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance will regularly organise Monthly Meetings for BLUA and Ubuntu-BD members. The monthly meeting will be held on second Saturday of every month.

BLUA November 2006 Meeting (TCS, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2006-11-30 05:00 PM to 2006-11-30 08:00 PM) — by Russell John

November 2006 meeting of Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance

2nd Open Source Camp in Dhaka (IICT-BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh., from 2007-04-27 08:30 AM to 2007-04-28 12:00 AM) — by Mahay Alam Khan

The second source camp in continuation of the 1st one held in SUST, Sylhet.

BDOSDN - IT Bangla OSS Seminar (Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2007-07-21 02:30 PM to 2007-07-21 05:00 PM) — by S M Ashraful Kadir

Seminar organized by Bangladesh Open Source Development Network (BDOSDN) and IT Bangla Pvt. Ltd. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)