Ravi's Blog

I landed in Tirana, Albania today, which is a country in the balkans region of the Europe.

GNU/Linux operating systems (if you heard about Linux operating systems, I am talking about the same.

Debian as an operating system Debian desktop.

Check out an introduction to gpg if you are not sure what gpg keys are.

Free Software Community of India will be doing an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on r/India subreddit.

Yesterday I finished reading The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.

Recently I came to know about freedom-respecting Kiwix app and I found it cool.

I am happy to announce that I became a permanent member of Indian Pirates a few days ago.

A few days ago, I was contacted by IT for Change to make a video presentation on importance of Free Software in education to teachers in Hindi.

What is Snikket?

“One fact about India is that you can take almost anything you hear about the country from the prime minister and turn it upside down and then you will have the truth about that thing.” - Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger “It’s true that all these gods seem…

Before I forget my journey, I hastily record it here.

What is Quicksy?

If you don’t know what a distro is, I will explain that in a minute.

Look at the image below: Source: Wikipedia's version of the file uploaded on 3-December-2021 What does the above image illustrate?

On the 4th of October 2021, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp were down for more than 6 hours.

The article was updated on 03 December 2021 to illustrate what source code means.

Janayugom is a newspaper in Kerala, India, which publishes news in Malayalam language.

Wikipedia defines ‘Community’ as: A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity.

Credits:Jeison Yehuda Amihud This page contains resources on freedom-respecting software.

If you have an image or a photo that you have taken which is useful for informative purposes, you can upload them to Wikimedia Commons.

Free Software means software which respects user’s freedom.

Hello, I am Ravi from India.

This is the story of creation of the website you are reading and how it was created.

Index Introduction What is Free Software Camp Motivation to join the camp How I came to know about the camp Experience as a learner in the camp Aftermath Word for learners of the upcoming camps Introduction I participated as a learner in Free Software Camp

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between the terms “free software” and “open-source software?”

Ever used Spotify, Apple Music, Netflix or Hotstar?

Where is this website hosted?

A few days ago, I finished reading the book Phantoms in the Brain by V.

(Warning: Installing a custom ROM on your device will void your warranty and there is a risk that it can brick your device) (Note: In my case, I could afford to risk bricking my phone) Index What is rooting?

Index What is firmware Problems with proprietary firmware Importance of Free Firmware What is firmware Firmware is a software which provides a way for hardware to interact with the operating system.

Last updated: October 10, 2025 I have collected some quotes from these books on a separate page.

Update: Added some pictures on 29-April-2022.

I am writing about a meeting which happened more than 5 years before writing this article.

A beginner’s guide to debian packaging Details Speaker(s): Ravi Dwivedi Language: English Event: DebConf 23.

In this post, I will write how I deleted (yes, deleted, uninstalled, gone!

(Last Updated: Thursday 31 March 2022) Here are the definitions of the terms I use.

This is a guide to set up an account on XMPP, which is a federated chatting system.

showTableOfContents: true Free Software Community of India(FSCI) is committed to promote software freedom and make privacy accessible to common people.

Last Updated: 20 October 2022 Disclaimer: The info here can be outdated or can be factually incorrect.

Apple is a company which claims that protecting users’ privacy is one of their core values.

Email Email address: ravi [at] ravidwivedi [dot] in XMPP If you already use XMPP, click here to text me using your XMPP app.

Which chatting app do you use to contact your loved ones?

YouTube is a platform where people upload and watch videos.