Guess what! There's even a muslimlug and an AnandaMargisLug. Again, as

mentioned above, not all are very active.

Parag Mehta informs that the ilug-bom mailing list runs at :

http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

and not at yahoogroups.com. He says the yahoogroups list is "just a backup

for web

browsable search archives". To join the actual list, please send a mail

to

linuxers-request@mm.ilug-bom.org.in

with subject: subscribe.

Indranil <indradg@cal.vsnl.net.in

> adds that the ilug-cal list on yahoogroups is just the archive, and

not the actual mailing list.

One suggestion that came up recently was for more active Linux groups

in India to think of mentoring the smaller ones so that they can get active?

For, unless each mailing-list touches critical mass (of at least a couple

of dozen members), it is unlikely to become a useful tool for sharing Linux-related

information.

KDE, one of the most popular of the free software window managers for Linux,

also has some Indians among the "persons behind KDE" listings. KDE, or the

K Desktop Environment is a more than just a windows manager; it's a complete

graphical environment.

Navindram Umanee and the Melbourne-based Sirtaj Singh Kang are prominent

developers of Indian origin. There are likely to be others too, who might

have not been noticed just yet.

Sirtaj, or 'Taj' to his friends, has many claims to fame. Including:

KDOC (API doc generation tool), korn, karm, kview and kimgio (plugins for

various image formats). Visit http://i18n.kde.org/

to find out about initiatives of giving an Indian-language interface

for KDE.

You wouldn't notice it easily, but there is a wide range of initiatives

being reported from across the region.

Mumbai-based Amish Mehta's Cyberoam Authentication Client for various

platforms is meant for 24-hour online Internet on cable service. Check out

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cyberoam/