[lugm.org] RIP Shailen Surat

[aadil at lavabit.com]

I just got home minutes ago and saw this mail.  I refused to believe it at
first and phoned Ajay immediately, who confirmed the dreadful news.

Needless to say that I am shocked and saddened to hear the news of his
sudden departure.

To some of you he was the guy who opened Tux Cafe some years back.

To me, Shailen was the guy who brought an Alienware laptop to a
blue-collar Open Source workshop some years ago and fired up Quake 3 Arena
in CPM mode as a main presentation topic, instead of the customary boring
presentation slides. (pic:
http://lugm.org/wp-content/gallery/open-source-workshop/a005.jpg)

He was also the guy who volunteered his time, with Ajay and Yash, when the
MULG (the old LUG I founded 9 years ago) along with the LUGM participated
in Infotech 2004, thanks to Dave from ISOC (Internet Society of Mauritius)
who kindly offered to share their exhibitor's space.
(pic:http://lugm.org/wp-content/gallery/infotech-2004/sany0108.jpg)

He was the guy running Enlightenment E17 with Entrance around the time I
thought GNOME with gtk1 was awesome and slick.

He was also a friend.

Rest in peace indeed.

> In case you didn't get the initial mail from Ajay,
>
> Shailen Surat passed away on the 4th of December. He was
> out of the ICU, and had returned home.
>
> Personally, I met him in 2004, and he made a huge impression on
> me, and encouraged me to pursue hacking in my spare time.
>
> Words fail me to describe the loss of one of the pioneers of FLOSS
> in MU, and most importantly a good friend.
>
> //Logan
> C-x-C-c
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