# FOSS United Mangalore Activities - 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Meetup\ **Created:** [1 September 2025 05:04 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-mangalore-activities-2025/6401 "2025-09-01T05:04:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deveesh\_Shetty](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/deveesh_shetty/32/4192_2.png) [@Deveesh\_Shetty](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Deveesh_Shetty)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2025 05:04 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-mangalore-activities-2025/6401/1 "2025-09-01T05:04:13Z")
We at Mangalore successfully hosted our 7th FOSS Meetup at Empowerment Lab, SEARCH, NITK Surathkal. Mangalore Total Participants - 30 (60% turnout from RSVPs) Event Details - [https://Mangalore August FOSS Activity](https://fossunited.org/c/mangalore/mangalore-august-2025) ### The GOOD - We kicked things off after a big break of ~5 months. We started with Deveesh Shetty and Mohit Tahiliani going over the mission of FOSS United and the Mangalore Chapter, and it was a houseful (or shall I say containerful) - The entire event actually took place inside a container. Since we had a talk that involved Docker containers, the vibe was one of the best parts. We talked about containers inside a container. - We covered a wide range of topics: 3D Game Development, Self-hosting using Proxmox, and developing a quick Admin panel using Laravel Filament. - At the end, after eating Mangalore Buns, we saw an Autonomous Car Project “Reva” built by Prof. Prithviraj and his students at SEARCH, completely using Open Source Hardware and Software, which will be used to autonomously drive across NITK campus. - Not only cars, there were EV dirt bikes, EV boats for fishermen built by SEARCH completely using Open Source. ### We had three talks: > OpenUSD: An open source bridge for 3D by Koushik Shanbag Here, Koushik demonstrated how to use the same file format to work across various 3D software like Unity, Maya, Houdini, and others. For starters, it was a great session. We went beyond normal development (towards game development). It broadened everyone’s idea of 3D development. > Intro to Self-Hosting with FOSS by Abdul Wasey This one was pure fun, especially when we got into the security side of things. Lots of laughs but also serious learning about how we can take control using open-source tools. He also mentioned various open source alternatives for Office suite products, like Google and Microsoft, using NextCloud. He also demonstrated his own personal self hosting setup with all the services he is running > Using Laravel Filament to Build a Quick, Scalable Professional Admin Panel by Darshan Bhandary Here we saw a live demo of how to spin up a quick, scalable professional admin panel. It’s very useful for freelancers, where a single person is expected to do the work of a whole team to bring a production grade application. Darshan wrote and modified PHP code right in front of us. He even took up a challenge to finish a task in 20 minutes — only missed it by 5 minutes, but still super impressive. Everyone got to know something other than NextJS. ### THE BAD - We went a little above time, but we had enough buffer to keep things intact. ### THE UGLY - There was nothing ugly except for my puns on containers, some might say xD ### Some stills from the meetup ![2025-08-31 23.36.58](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/464736e664bb9bc35d123c15467405eca976e164.jpeg) ![2025-08-31 23.37.06](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4916358de80556370341f46543acbed46bb0bbb4.jpeg) ![2025-08-31 23.36.53](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/63d5b94b8ccd1eb086d6f99a29eb8d1d373f0a2e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Deveesh\_Shetty](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/deveesh_shetty/32/4192_2.png) [@Deveesh\_Shetty](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Deveesh_Shetty)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2025 05:45 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-mangalore-activities-2025/6401/2 "2025-09-01T05:45:22Z")
The event was followed by a volunteers sync. MoM’s from the meeting - There will be a brief volunteer meet after every meetup/activity. - Our next meetup will be happening in October, maintaining our 2 months 1 meetup consistency. Expected venues are either of - Karmic Designs, Udupi - Kalinga Foundation, Agumbe - Unicourt Mangalore Infotech, Mangalore - Volunteers need to step up and take initiative for organizing meetups, as Mohit, Deveesh, and Nirav will be focusing on MangaloreFOSS - Planning **MangaloreFOSS on 17 and 18 January 2026** , to be held at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore. Venue is finalized. Expecting a footfall of over 1000 students. - Themes that are tentatively decided for the tracks at - Game Dev, - Autonomous Systems, - FinTech, - MedTech, - SemiConductors - Each theme will be supported by an industry who have roots in that domain. The theme emphasizes the Financial and Medical background of the Mangalore region - Possibility of organizing an evening Kite festival at NITK beach since the dates are near Uttarayana ---
**Author:** ![Shree\_Kumar](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/shree_kumar/32/2359_2.png) [@Shree\_Kumar](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Shree_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2025 11:19 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-mangalore-activities-2025/6401/3 "2025-09-13T11:19:06Z")
> [@Deveesh\_Shetty](#): > > Planning **MangaloreFOSS on 17 and 18 January 2026** , to be held at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore. Venue is finalized. Expecting a footfall of over 1000 students. Very cool. Have you guys had any folks from the FOSSClubs at Kasargod visiting any of the events btw (or vice versa) ? It’s about an hour’s ride in a KSRTC bus, so I can’t help wonder what the local collaboration opportunities are. ---
**Author:** ![Deveesh\_Shetty](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/deveesh_shetty/32/4192_2.png) [@Deveesh\_Shetty](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Deveesh_Shetty)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2025 18:44 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-mangalore-activities-2025/6401/4 "2025-09-17T18:44:07Z")
> Have you guys had any folks from the FOSSClubs at Kasargod visiting any of the events btw (or vice versa) I was not aware of a FOSS Club at Kasargod, and neither we had any folks joining in as well. But it will be a great opportunity to collaborate with them. If you can connect me with any of them would love to take this forward. ---
**Author:** ![Shree\_Kumar](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/shree_kumar/32/2359_2.png) [@Shree\_Kumar](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Shree_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [18 September 2025 00:29 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-mangalore-activities-2025/6401/5 "2025-09-18T00:29:59Z")
> [@Deveesh\_Shetty](#): > > I was not aware of a FOSS Club at Kasargod, and neither we had any folks joining in as well. I don’t know them either, but saw this on the forum sometime back: > [@Post-Event Report: FOSS Meetup 2025 – Kasaragod](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/post-event-report-foss-meetup-2025-kasaragod/6013): > > The FOSS Club of LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod, in collaboration with FOSS United and OpenMind, organized Kasaragod’s first-ever FOSS Meetup on 28 June 2025 at the OpenMind Makerspace, ASAP Community Skill Park. The event aimed to introduce participants to the values and practices of Free and Open Source Software while fostering a local community of contributors and learners. Event Overview The meetup was inaugurated by Mr. Safwan Hussain, CTO of Prokomers, who also launched the offici… Just a bit further away we have folks from Kanhangad as well: > [@FOSS Club NASC (Nehru Arts and Science College Kanhangad)](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-club-nasc-nehru-arts-and-science-college-kanhangad/4139): > > star2 Welcome to the FOSS Club NASC! rocket Join us at the FOSS Club NASC, where we celebrate open source with passion and creativity! As a new club for FOSS enthusiasts at Nehru Arts and Science College Kanhangad, we’re excited to grow together. Our club is more than just coding; it’s a community focused on collaboration, learning, and innovation. With the support of our dedicated faculty and enthusiastic members, we’re committed to making open-source contributions accessible and fun. Fr…