The origins of the Free software community in Thiruvananthapuram can be traced back to the group of TeX users around the University of Kerala[1] in early 1980s.
[7] The community has also been instrumental[1] in creating an IT policy[8] favorable to Free software in the state of Kerala.
The event was co-organized by SPACE, Zyxware Technologies and Kerala State IT Mission The community worked together with Zyxware Technologies to create India's first Freedom Toaster[20][21] which is a kiosk which can vend Free software CDs and DVDs.
The Freedom toaster was made available at Technopark[21] and at different engineering colleges to make available its services to the public.
[24] Three volunteers from the community walked from Kasargod to Thiruvananthapuram covering all 14 districts in the state on foot and conducted Free software events in schools and colleges to promote the message and philosophy of Free software.