My talk at #DebConf21 on "Varnam, easily type Indian Languages on desktop & mobile".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJpOWlD_7OI

Peertube: https://peertube.debian.social/w/vWwMGcmTZG9n1UWv8ZdimB?s=1

Beta Download - https://varnamproject.github.io/

#debconf21 recorded videos https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2021/DebConf21/

#DebConf21 online closes (now with group photo!) https://bits.debian.org/2021/09/debconf21-closes.html

Did you attend #DebConf21 and want to share your experience about it? We appreciate feedback about what worked well and the things we could improve, please send your comments to feedback_at_debconf_dot_org

Community Data Science Collective Research at DebConf 2021 #DebConf21 https://blog.communitydata.science/community-data-science-collective-research-at-debconf-2021/

Posted some reflections on returning to #DebConf21 to watch my advisees @kayleachampion and @salt present their research using data from @debian@quitter.se https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/returning-to-debconf

If you missed the excellent research presentations by @kayleachampion and @altsalt at #DebConf21 last week, a blog post (w/ videos) is up! https://blog.communitydata.science/community-data-science-collective-research-at-debconf-2021/

#DebConf21 online closes https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210828

Thank you to all the people who made #DebConf21 possible! The DebConf organisation team, Debian Video Team, our speakers, volunteers, and attendees. Would you like to join for organising the next DebConf? If so visit https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22 and contact the DebConf team.

After the closing session, some Debian and DebConf volunteers continue the party online. Join us via the #debconf IRC channel (at irc.oftc.net) #DebConf21

#DebConf21 will shortly be over, so we shall console ourselves with (notional) cheese and wine. Bring your own cheese, we’ll provide the company for the Closing Ceremony and Cheese and Wine party! https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/

#DebConf21 pauses for a break from 18:45 UTC through 20:00 UTC: it's just time to prepare cheese platter, to take out beverages from the fridge, and to open wine bottles. Don't miss the Cheese and Wine party online later! Other option is to follow the Poetry Event that is happening during the break, in channel two https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/2/

#DebConf21 online continues at 16:00 UTC with a talk in Telugu "డెబియన్ ప్రాజెక్ట్ - అంతర్జాతీయ ఆపరేటింగ్ సిస్టంగా దాని సౌలబ్యథ మరియు రుపాంతర" about Debian Project as international operating system on channel two; at the same time the short talk "Debuginfod on Debian" in channel one explains what is a debuginfod server and how to use it, followed at 16:30 UTC by the talk "Two Pinebooks walk into a bar..." telling the tale of two arm64 laptops, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/?block=5

Are you participating in #DebConf21? Wether you are a speaker or help in the video team, you're watching the stream or participating in the IRC channels, we'd like you to be in the DebConf21 group photo! Follow the instructions to send your photo before DebConf finishes (today!) https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2021/08/msg00002.html

We have organised a small Poetry Event in #DebConf21 during the evening break (18:45 UTC). If you have some poems you'd like to share (yours or from a poet you like, no matter the language), follow the instructions to join us https://debconf21.debconf.org/talks/111-poetry-event/

From 14:50 UTC through 16:00 UTC #DebConf21 pauses for a break. Do you want to have a look at two DebConf21 songs, written by Andrew Cater? http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/if-you-do-it-twice-its-tradition-says.html

The talks for 13:30 UTC slot have been cancelled too, sorry for the inconveniences. #DebConf21 will continue at 14:00 UTC https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/?block=5

The last day at #DebConf21 online starts at 12:00 UTC with a talk about "GoVarnam, a new 'Intelligent' Input Method for Indian Languages in Desktop & Mobile" and, on channel 2, the first of a series of talks in Hindi: "कोई भी मोबाइल उपयोगकर्ता मुक्त/स्वतन्त्र सॉफ्टवेयर में कैसे स्थानांतरित कर सकता है "(How can any mobile user migrate to free software), https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/?block=5

#DebConf21 online continues today Saturday 28 August, at 12:00 UTC - have a look at the schedule for the day, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/?block=5

Last activity in English for today at #DebConf21: 'Debian Electronics BOF': discuss recent changes in and the current state and future plans for packages that are maintained by the Debian Electronics team https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/