If therez some rating plan for the institue with the most involvement with FOSS, then more points should be for contributing to foss by making their student...
Hi all, Is FSF-India in the list of participants this year for the event? It would be great if a booth is given for the FSF where goodies can be put up. ...
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:08:58 -0700 (PDT) ... participation list? Well nyone interested can participate, there have always been free stalls available for FOSS...
... We aren't a commercial "Linux" event to give the community a small stall at the outskirts of the event, just to be able to claim that we have "community...
... stall ... Well thats true but now we could atleast get formal representation from FSF-India or its volunteers. We can also have FSF-India as one of the...
hi, hope i got the subject right.:) as some one who wants to learn Linux systematically, (and i have been a late starter) i would like to know the possibility...
... This is *my* opinion, and, I understand, not very enthusiastically accepted by "newbies". What you want sounds too much like blindfolding followed by ...
... The aim of the conference is _not_ to spoonfeed people. If you want formal training, there are plenty of institutes available. Personally, I just threw...
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... Gentoo is the satisfying for non-geeks, such as I am. At least the install is very instrucive and I have not seen any distribution that has such a good...
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... as far as I know, the aim of the conference has not yet been formalised. However, one must also start with an understanding of what we mean by newbies....
... A newbie is just someone new, who doesn't know Unix basics. If you want to know why I am opposing the "newbie" track, see my previous rants about...
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... Maybe I'm cynical from experience, but I'm fairly certain I'm not the only one. Do correct me if I'm wrong. In my experience, handholding and spoonfeeing...
... I think this is becoming a _flame_ war. *Grins* *Runs* -- Arun Raghavan (http://nemesis.accosted.net) v2sw5Chw4+5ln4pr6$OFck2ma4+9u8w3+1!m?l7+9GSCKi056 ...
Hi, ... There are various Institutes that impart training on Linux. But the best way for a newbie to begin is to use any distro, install it following the ...
... no. maybe this was true in the old days when CLI was a must (in fact, i have been using linux from 95 or so and have never used an installation without X....
*>|Arun Raghavan <arun...@...>|<wrote* ... Our intention is not to spoonfeed, as you have already mentioned, and even I feel its not a right thing to do,...
hi all, Some comments . Firstly, I feel it shouldn't be called a "tutorial" session , something else like "Introduction to what's in store when you use Open...
... Whatever said and done, you can NOT replace a face to face interaction session for newbies like the one proposed here I feel. Regards, Vijay <snip>...
... Interesting. We advocate vendor independence by asking the university syllabus to say Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, Office Suite instead of MS...
Hi KG, <snip ... Sounds really good. I am sure this treack will be over crowded. ... Being a community event, if this is what community wants, we will have it....
Hello all, I was just having a discussion with Atul on #linux-bangalore and we talked about this newbie track issue. What came out of the discussion is that...
... Ok, so if we do have newbie session, can you suggest possible topics to be covered ? Linux install is easier then windows these days, you can configure...
... IMO, a newbie session should be like this: A bunch of 20, 30, 40, however many people, sit down on the grass, and discus their fears of getting into FOSS....
... you left out the most important thing: it is for the organisers to define the scope and objectives of the conference and to announce the same, and in doing...
On 03/08/05 15:47 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: <snip> ... There will be empty halls available. This has been committed by Atul. Use the one you like. Halls...
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To summarise some things said and voice agreement: 1) I see conflicting views here, one set of people want to win users over by the Linux desktop's new-found...
... I think this should be implicit in everything we do. Teaching by hammering ideas down heads doesn't work (been a teacher for a while :P). Teach by...
... 100% accurate. i belong to the user world and all i am asking for is a systematic *introduction* to concepts and method of getting a safe and secure lunux...
