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The Free Software Movement (AP) is organizing a 15-day Industry Oriented summer school, a training camp where a student can learn not just the various technologies used in the Industry but can also understand the various dynamics of the IT Industry.

Technology Sessions: The programme includes detailed sessions on variety of topics ranging from 'setting up a GNU/Linux Operating system' to 'Professional Programming' to 'Server Administration'. Apart from these, there will also be “Hands-on” sessions in laboratories for the technologies where the student can get a practical understanding of using the technology. These practical sessions will be well-facilitated.

ImpAct Sessions: The programme is designed to provide not just the technical knowledge required to develop software but also the skills required to scale up to the industry standards. The “ImpAct” Sessions are designed to not teach but make the students experience the different environments in which professional work is carried out. It includes sessions on Effective Communication, Positive Work Culture, Time Management, Internet Revolution and Working in Collaboration. These will provide the students an insight into 'things that are not taught in classrooms'.

The speakers for the sessions will be Industry experts working on these technologies.

Here's a list of sessions planned for the summer camp:

Deploying a GNU/Linux Operating System

System Administration

Structured Programming Methodology

Compilers and Debuggers

Srmt. Purandeswari garu Member of parliament (Lok Sabha) released swecha07 at tana.
The new release of Swecha contains following softwares and applications

1) this suite contains the entire office

OpenOffice writer

You can now edit Telugu text along with English and apply all the text formats that can be done with English text to Telugu text too.

OpenOffice Calc
You can have your spreadsheets in Telugu. Cells, Sheets, Menus, Option windows are in Telugu

Other tools are

OpenOffice Math
Create and edit scientific formulas and equations.

OpenOffice Impress
Create and edit presentations for slide shows

OpenOffice base

Manage databases

2)gnopernicus

Text to Speech software

it can speak Telugu out of typed text.

it can read all menu items.
it can read stories that are there in text.

3)gnome

The user interface from dialog boxes, menu items, warnings to files names are in Telugu.

4) short stories.
5) Sumathi Satakalu

6) Vemana Padyalu

Swecha LiveCD is a Telugu localised operating system that runs entirely from a CDROM. It does not require any installation on the hard disk. Common tasks such as writing and printing documents, browsing the web, sending/receiving emails, chatting, editing graphics etc. can all be in Telugu from the LiveCD. Optionally, you can install the operating system onto the hard disk.

Highlights of the 'June 2006' release are: