On 10/09/14 17:57, Karthikeyan A K wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org> wrote: > >> On 10/09/14 17:38, Karthikeyan A K wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi ilugc, >>>> >>>> I am planning a trip down to Chennai to talk to people about hamara >>>> linux and >>>> the hamara project generally. >>>> >>>> Hamara Linux is a new distribution tailored to the Indian market from >>>> the perspective of language, design, usability and access. >>>> >>>> We are promoting design that users feel accustomed to, a way to reach a >>>> larger audience and also stem cultural hegemony. We target intel as well >>>> as ARM, to make access to the platform easier/cheaper. Native language >>>> support - you will be able to find us using a search engine without >>>> knowing how to read English. >>>> >>>> I will be in Chennai on Monday 22nd September and would really welcome >>>> the opportunity to meet with like minded open source / linux >> enthusiasts. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Vikas Tara >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Founder - Hamara Linux >>>> www.hamaralinux.org >>>> www.twitter.com/hamaralinux >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ILUGC Mailing List: >>>> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >>>> ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: >>>> http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines >>>> >>> That's great, but won't it be another fragmentation? For example Boss >> linux >>> is practically used no where in India. It was funded by the Indian >>> government, but did not get traction. But ofcourse gobverment is highly >>> beuracratic and no real technicial would like to work under it. >>> >>> Why not develop packages for popular distros that will add our languages >> in >>> user friendly manner, or urge people to participate in translation >>> projects? Or tell people to improve linuxes power efficiency as India is >>> really deficit in electricity. >>> >>> The best think would be a distro that lets us configure what ever we >> want, >>> I think http://www.gnewsense.org/ did it, but I don't know its status >> now. >>> But any way as the OS is getting stabilized, the only battle that's being >>> fought in linux-for-normal-people world is the UI battle and Ubuntu is >>> winning it all the time. If one says android, I would like to install >>> Ubuntu touch on their tablet/phone. But I feel this will be a great >> student >>> project to learn this OS. Your college will be proud of you. >> This is why we want to come and talk to people. >> >> If the existing distros do not cover the needs of ordinary people, then >> this is not fragmentation. >> >> For example, if your not literate in english, you have very little hope >> of ever finding linux and to a certain >> extent, you might be scared off from using a computer altogether. >> >> Also, another example, we are working furiosly towards an arm build >> running to run on the cubie board which brings low cost, low power >> hardware with the possibility of running 100% solar - and all >> technologies that can be accessed by the man on the street. >> >> We looked very closely and gnewsense and trisquel, both very valuable >> projects, they helped us to craft a good base for building the distro - and >> I think if you ask them - that's what they intended. >> >> I hope you checked out the screenshots at www.hamaralinux.org for an >> example of UI. >> >> btw - I am bit old for college, I graduated in 1994, my first linux was >> redhat 6.2 ;) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ILUGC Mailing List: >> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >> ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines >> > Oh, so this is serious. I am not sure about the business side. Yeah, hopefully. A business model around support, hosting, cloud provision - where fellow linux geeks can get paid to do what they like doing. > Any way all > the best. Hope this will nurture lot of linux geeks in India. Thanks, I hope so too!
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