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Bangalore Linux User Group
The Bangalore Linux Users Group (BLUG) is a FOSS, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) user group. History Formed in 1998, the group participated in Bangalore IT.COM 1999 (now known as Bangalore IT.in), then India's largest technology event. The Government of Karnataka gave the BLUG an entire pavilion, where it exhibited Linux-based machines showing various applications, under the motto "Seeing is believing". Over the years, the BLUG participated in a number of technology events, and from 2001 to 2004 facilitation (business), facilitated Linux Bangalore, a FOSS event with thousands of delegates from India and abroad. The current edition of the event is called FOSS.IN. In late 2000, the BLUG was registered as a not-for-profit society, under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960. During 2004-2005, recognising that Linux and Open Source had become mainstream technologies and did not need generic advocacy, members of the group proposed creating smaller groups in Bangalor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FOSS
Fos or FOSS may refer to: Companies *Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company * Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway *Foss Maritime, a tugboat and shipping company Historic houses * Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States * Foss and Wells House, Jordan, Minnesota, United States *Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States People * Foss (surname) *Foss Shanahan (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat * Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop Places *Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England *Foss-Eikeland, a village in Sandnes, Norway *River Foss, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K. United States * Foss, Oklahoma, a town **Foss State Park *Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community *Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington *Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington *Foss River, a river in Washington Other uses *Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band *Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear *Free and open-source software ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangalore IT
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India, as well as the largest city in South India, and the 27th largest city in the world. Located on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over above sea level, Bangalore has a pleasant climate throughout the year, with its parks and green spaces earning it the reputation as the "Garden City" of India. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India. An aerospace, heavy engineering and electronics hub since the 1960s, Bangalore is widely regarded as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.——— In the Ease of Living Index 2020 (published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs), it was ranked the most livable Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
