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My favorite sections in the NUS Central Library is the TK5I05.885 and QA76.76 – all catering to the latest and old books on various Computer technologies. Last semester, I had to write an essay for the USP application on a topic that talks about my interest. And guess what, I wrote about  Open Source. I had to keep it non-technical as mainly Arts Professors would evaluate that. (Disclaimer : I did not get through USP ).
So I looked up some books regarding the topics, and for that I …

The codeandroid guys now have their very own IRC channel on Freenode. linuxNUS is pleased to be hosting the logs for #codeandroid.
The following is a message from their FB group:
Dear developers,
We have set up our IRC channel at #CodeAndroid on irc.freenode.net where developers can discuss and help each other out in development. Please do join us in our discussion. We will also be offering support for the upcoming ITSC’s CodeXtreme competition in June/July through livechat on the channel, so if you are a participant do stay tuned. Thank you.
Cheers
From CodeAndroid …

In the wake of Apple’s "I’m a Mac" ads , and Microsoft’s Jerry Sienfeld ones, the Linux Foundation earlier this year called upon the community to produce short video clips with their personal take on the theme, "I’m Linux", in the form of a contest.
The winners have just been announced , and here they are:

Armitay Tweeto’s winning entry, "What does it mean to be free?"

The Origin… from Agustin Eguia on Vimeo .

Third placed "Linux Pub", by sebmasse
For more "I’m Linux" fun, check out the videos on the Linux …

Would you like to save SGD 100,000 in software licensing costs, reduce operational IT costs by about SGD 60,000 and cut your IT administration headcount by three?
Not possible, you say? Well, just ask the folks at the NUS Office of Estate and Development then.
NUS’ parking permit management facilities were once run off a *Microsoft *Windows NT-based application. Unfortunately, as this system was not fully integrated into the University’s backend database, a lot of the processing of parking permit applications still had to be done manually. However, to enable automation and …

Aaaandd.. here we go!
Presenting to you, fresh (somewhat) from the oven, Episode 0 of the linuxNUS Podcast, Closed on Sundays !
Inside, catch up with the linuxNUS Team as we come together to create our very first-ever podcast. In it, we take a light-hearted look at the open source scene in Singapore, and our journey through it. Naturally, we welcome everyone out there along for the ride, and, of course , we’d love to hear what you have to say about us, and what we’re doing.
This being Episode 0, we …

Recently, there has been a burgeoning interest and excitment in both linuxNUS and Singapore with regards to Android.
If you wish to to find out more about Android development, check out the slides by ziyong, which were presented during Barcamp 3 Singapore.

A Noob’S Guide To Android Application Development
View more presentations from chuazy. (tags: barcampsg3 android)

PS. Ziyong can be found in our linuxNUS channel, #linuxnus @ irc.freenode.net. Drop by today! Also do check out CodeAndroid.org.