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Back to class! - Fedora Classroom

Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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Fedora Classroom is a project that aims at increasing awareness among the users about the distribution and understanding how to better use it. It started off ambitiously almost a decade ago and has now been revamped by the members of the Fedora Join SIG.

Starting 28th July 2017, the revamped version of the project has successfully organized almost 6 classroom session on various topics like basics of FOSS, git, VIM, QA Testing and so on. Almost all these classes were held over IRC in the #fedora-classroom channel on Freenode.

Web Forge

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

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Name : Web Forge
Agenda :
1. Working with version control systems – git
2. Introduction to WebVR (A-Frame)
3. Game development in Python
Day and Date : Saturday, 25th February 2017
Venue : IBM Lab (301), Computer Department, ZES’s Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Narhe, Pune
Speakers :
1. Dhanesh B. Sabane
2. Shubham P. Yadav

After registering myself as the Club Captain of Mozilla Club Zeal, it was time to get to work and make the club the most active club on campus. The month of January was particularly busy because me and a few other veterans of the club had to pick out the best students from the campus to be the Executive members of the club. We got off to a great start in the year 2017. After carefully picking the right candidates for Technology Lead, Protect Lead and Teach Lead we started brainstorming about what our first event as Mozilla Campus Club will be. As the club had to conduct activities under all the three domains, we thought why not bring them together and conduct a grand event? This little thought paved the way to our club’s first ever event of 2017 as a Mozilla Campus Club.

First bug fix for the Gecko engine

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

After a host of non-technical contributions to Mozilla,it was time to switch to the technical side. As a result, I started looking out for some bugs which I would be able to fix. That is when I landed on Bug 1308137 - Remove code around IBMBIDI_SUPPORTMODE_*.

The patch I provided was accepted today by Xidorn Quan.

The process of fixing this bug was extremely informative and fun. As I opened the files to make changes to the code I was greeted with very unfamiliar syntax. Surely not the sort of code you’ll ever encounter in four years of Computer Engineering. I had to understand, even if at a very superficial level, what each snippet of code did in order to make the desired changes. Fixing bugs in open source projects is definitely a test of your patience, determination and most importantly technical expertise.

MozCafé Feb’16

Fri, 25 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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Updates from Leadership Summit, Singapore
Updates of Privacy month
Planning of International Woman’s Day
Updates of Makerfest 2016
Super March planning
Knowledge sharing session

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Saturday, 6th Feb 2016

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CDAC, Pune

The MozCafé began with updates about Leardership Summit, Singapore from Sayak Sarkar.

Privacy Awareness Workshop

Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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Name: Privacy Awareness Workshop at Zeal COE

Agenda:

Privacy and Security talk
Available addons in Firefox browser to help protect privacy
Q&A

Day and Date: Saturday, 30th January 2016

Venue: ZCOER Computer Department, Seminar Hall, Room No. 415

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The 2016 new year marked the inception of the Mozilla India initiative - “January Privacy Month Campaign”. It was an initiative to make the consumers of the Web aware about their privacy and security online. I was planning to float an idea to the club committee to arrange a privacy awareness workshop at our own college when Prathamesh contacted me with the same intent. After brainstorming for a couple of days, we came up with a date and also and agenda for the event.

MozCafe Dec'15

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The final MozCafe meeting of the year of the Mozilla Pune Community was held on 19th Dec 2015, Saturday. This was my first ever community meet since being a Mozillian in June. The community members gathered over coffee at C-DAC, Aundh.

The simple agenda for the meet was:

To make the newbies familiar with the community activities.
Introduction to various Task Forces
MozCafe reforms
Several contribution gateways
Mozilla goals for 2016

Firefox for Windows 10 - Campaign Challenge

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

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Name : Firefox for Windows 10 : Campaign Challenge

Agenda :

Promoting Firefox for Windows 10.
To educate our users about how they can maintain their choices and preferences before and after their upgrade experience.

Day and Date : Tuesday, 15th September 2015

Venue : Computer Department, ZES’s Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Narhe, Pune

Speaker : Sumedh Bhalerao

On an auspicious day which is celebrated as ‘Engineers Day’, the club decided to hold this event which could help all engineers in the college to review their choices, preferences and privacy on the Web.

It's official! I'm now a trainee!

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Achieving higher levels of recognition at Mozilla is always a thrilling experience ! Another step towards success !

Love Mozilla! <3

Blaze your own path!

MozoGeek!

Sun, 23 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

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Name : Mozogeek!
Agenda :
1. Introduction to Firefox OS
2. Firefox OS App making - Foxication
3. Hands on training on Appmaker
Day and Date : Saturday, 22nd August 2015
Venue : Computer Department, ZES’s Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Narhe, Pune
Speaker : Prasad Seth
Hashtag : #mozogeekzfc

After finishing with the in-semester examinations we were looking for a much needed break from the studies. So, what better way to get some amount of respite than to arrange an event! This event - MozoGeek! - was all about Firefox OS.

Un. Dos.. Tres… Mozilla!

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

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Name : Un. Dos.. Tres… Mozilla!
Agenda :
- Introduction to FSA Guide and Firefox Friends
Day and Date : Saturday, 25th July 2015
Venue : Computer Department, ZES’s Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Narhe, Pune
Speakers :
- Nishigandha Yadav
- Dhanesh Sabane

After the huge success of the inauguration event, the club began with the planning of different activities to be an active contributor of the community. The club had managed to register a total of 65 (and counting) students for the FSA program and the club. Like they say, with great power comes great responsibility, this group of club members was our ‘power’ and our ‘responsibility’ was to prepare them to be active contributors and volunteers of the Open Web.

Zeal-ous club inauguration

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The first month of being a FSA had a huge learning curve. There were abundant things that I had no knowledge of but I was always excited to learn more. Amidst the learning phase, I applied for being a Campaigning Controller for ‘Zeal Firefox Club’ and even got selected for the same. The club had a team of coordinators and it was time to mark the inception of the club. This brings us to the inauguration ceremony of Zeal Firefox Club.

The astonishing FoxYeah campaign!

Sun, 16 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Here I was in my first month of being a FSA (Firefox Student Ambassador) when the FoxYeah campaign came along. The campaign, in short, was all about the contributors boasting their love for Mozilla and their creative skills. We had to create awesome photos or videos to convey why Mozilla is what everyone should choose. All the contributors were on a rampage! There were instant #FoxYeah uploads and many became viral!

The day when it all began....

Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

It was just another tedious afternoon at the college. I was in a practical session and every person in the lab was hoping for a distraction. I was surfing through some articles on the Web when Nishigandha Yadav (our current Club Lead) stepped in. She made an announcement about a Firefox Club. She gave an explanation on the club aims. Never had I come across any such programs from Mozilla and it took me by surprise. It got me thinking and I realized that this may exactly be the breakthrough for me. Being an open source enthusiast, I wanted to contribute to the open source community and a golden opportunity had come knocking on my door.