{"id":22297,"date":"2026-07-03T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/?page_id=22297"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:43:39","slug":"foss-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/foss-club\/","title":{"rendered":"FOSS Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22297\" class=\"elementor elementor-22297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386853c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"386853c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f5976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95f5976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOSS Club<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7606759 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7606759\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c76f3 elementor-position-left elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e0c76f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/foss-club.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22299\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/foss-club.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/foss-club-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/foss-club-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/foss-club-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scmsgroup.org\/sset\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/foss-club-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">FOSS Club SSET, the Free Software and Open Source Software Community of SCMS School of Engineering and Technology<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">We conduct workshops, Linux installation parties, hackathons, meetups, and more to promote FOSS culture on our campus. We believe that FOSS is not just for tech students, but for everyone. Our approach to growing the community is by inviting people in as users first, and then showing them they can help make the technology better. We give equal focus to technical and non-technical contributions.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a218690 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a218690\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccf8874 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccf8874\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626c2d9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"626c2d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d09d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3d09d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a47f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39a47f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Annual Events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74dc971 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"74dc971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Debian Day:<\/b> where we introduce students to the Debian operating system, show them how critical it is, and invite them to use Debian and contribute their talents to the project.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Simple as it Gits: <\/b>A full-day, hands-on workshop on Git and GitHub, conducted and coordinated by students of SSET.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>From Data to Destination:<\/b> a workshop, competition, and awareness sessions on open data, Wikidata, and OpenStreetMap, in partnership with open data communities in Kerala such as OpenDataKerala, Wikimedians User Group of Kerala, FSUG Thrissur, and OSM Kerala<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65328a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65328a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more visit : <a href=\"https:\/\/fossunited.org\/c\/sset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fossunited.org\/c\/sset<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOSS Club FOSS Club SSET, the Free Software and Open Source Software Community of SCMS School of Engineering and Technology We conduct workshops, Linux installation parties, hackathons, meetups, and more to promote FOSS culture on our campus. 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