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The Prāv CooperativeThanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>badrihippo</span></a></span> for creating the attached illustration for demonstrating federation of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> apps. It was useful for explaining thr concept of federation at our stall in <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>.
The Prāv Cooperative<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.io/users/ravi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ravi</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://en.osm.town/users/contrapunctus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>contrapunctus</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/users/untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span>, Vijay represented <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>. The audience was receptive towards the ideas behind Prav and asked questions, showing their interest.</p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span></p>
The Prāv Cooperative<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> stall at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span>
The Prāv Cooperative<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/users/untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span> gave a talk this morning about <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> at IIIT <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Lucknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucknow</span></a> in <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>.</p><p>Photo credits: Anuvrat.</p>
मोक्ष / untrusem ⁂<p>So I gave my first talk at <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/lucknowfoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucknowfoss</span></a> about "How I got into Prav / Free Software". It was a awesome experience, scary but awesome.</p><p>If you came from the talk, here are the links.</p><p>XMPP Group: (Group for helping with first Contribution to Free Software)<br><a href="https://join.jabber.network/#prav@chat.disroot.org?join" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">join.jabber.network/#prav@chat</span><span class="invisible">.disroot.org?join</span></a></p><p>Slides Source:<br><a href="https://codeberg.org/moksh/Talks/src/branch/trunk/slides.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/moksh/Talks/src/b</span><span class="invisible">ranch/trunk/slides.txt</span></a></p><p>Prav:<br><a href="https://prav.app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">prav.app</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Happy Hacking :)</p>
FOSS United<p>First talk <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> conference about <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>prav</span></a></span>.</p>
The Prāv Cooperative<p>Missed Prav in BiharFOSS? You're now in luck—because we're coming to Lucknow!</p><p>Catch us at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>, where you'll also get to see talks on "upcycling" computers to Linux, attend workshops on <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Elixir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elixir</span></a> programming and <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> mapping, and hear an inspiring story about first steps in the Free Software community by our very own <span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/users/untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span>!</p><p><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a></p>
The Prāv Cooperative<p>Meet us at IIIT <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Lucknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucknow</span></a> this Saturday (12th of April) at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/users/untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span> will be giving a talk on <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> and we will have a stall for one-to-one interactions.</p><p>Looking forward to see you there! Cc <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span>.</p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FOSSUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSUnited</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
OpenStreetMap India<p>This Saturday, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@contrapunctus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>contrapunctus</span></a></span> will be holding a beginner-oriented workshop on how to use and edit <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> at <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>, IIIT <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Lucknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucknow</span></a>! </p><p>Bring your laptops and mice 🙂</p><p><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a></p>
Hippo 🍉<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span> was unable to attend <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PravConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PravConf</span></a> due to budget and logistical issues, so it's great to hear he's got a slot at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span>'s <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> instead! We'll finally get to see the talk that was supposed to happen at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PravConf2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PravConf2025</span></a> 🎉</p><p><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/cfp/7n1sclliv7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/</span><span class="invisible">cfp/7n1sclliv7</span></a></p><p>This would be good for people who want to get more involved in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> but are starting from zero (as untrusem was). If you know anyone who could benefit from attending, do share it with them :boostRequest:</p>
The Prāv Cooperative<p>We are delighted to announce that we are a community partner of the event <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>, organized by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span> 😀</p><p>Event details 👉 fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FOSSUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSUnited</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a></p>
The Prāv Cooperative<p>On the 12th of April, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/users/untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span> will be giving a talk at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> about how they got into <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> and <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a>!<br><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/cfp/7n1sclliv7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/…</a></p><p>Be sure to attend!<br><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a></p>
Ravi Dwivedi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span> will be sharing his experiences in contributing to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>prav</span></a></span> at <a href="https://toot.io/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a>. It would serve as a great opportunity for newbies to learn how to contribute to <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> in general (and it doesn't require a technical background).</p><p>Event details 👉 <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span>. See you there!</p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FOSSUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSUnited</span></a></p>
Pirate Praveen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>untrusem</span></a></span> will be giving a talk on his contribtions to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>prav</span></a></span> at <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a></p><p>"In this Lighting talk, I will share my little journey on contributing to <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a>, which is a free software. This talk will mostly be centered toward students. I will tell how I contributed to the project as a Non-Cs Student and How can they too regardless of their Background.</p><p>This Talk will also inform attendees about <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> and <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/cfp/7n1sclliv7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/</span><span class="invisible">cfp/7n1sclliv7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
The Prāv Cooperative<p>Meet us at our stall at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> on the 12th of April.</p><p>Event details 👉 <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a></p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fossunited</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a></p>
Pirate Praveen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/bshankar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bshankar</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>prav</span></a></span> If you have not joined Prav xmpp group yet, you can join <a href="https://join.jabber.network/#prav@chat.disroot.org?join" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">join.jabber.network/#prav@chat</span><span class="invisible">.disroot.org?join</span></a></p><p>You can also volunteer to introduce Prav at events, distributing leaflets, stickers etc. We had table at FOSS Meet in Kozhikode last week, this week we will be at Patna for <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/BiharFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiharFOSS</span></a>. We hope to be at <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> as well.</p><p><a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prav</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmpp</span></a></p>
Pirate Praveen<p>We are looking to raise funds to provide bursaries to people promoting <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prav</span></a> / <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmpp</span></a> in different conferences / events. Unlike Operating System or Office Suite, messaging apps is not only personal choice.</p><p>We have setup a dedicated fund for this:<br><a href="https://opencollective.com/pravapp/projects/event-bursaries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opencollective.com/pravapp/pro</span><span class="invisible">jects/event-bursaries</span></a> </p><p>We have some funds from <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/PravConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PravConf</span></a> sponsorship, but more would help us support people going to many more events like <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/BiharFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiharFOSS</span></a> or <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucknowFOSS</span></a> where we don't have many local community members.</p><p><a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>