I believe there is a widespread need to spread awareness on *nix systems.
People need those, not just because Linux is free of cost, but also for its
stability and freedom it provides. The problem, as I mentioned, is lack of
awareness and support. Someone has to not only spread the awareness, but
Hi,
--- Amol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> people and have no concern to check up the Labs and
> the development
> infrastructure.
Do we really need to check the labs and development
infrastructure? The plight is obvious.
> 2. If Linux/Unix really has to reach into the
> colleges then we people
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On Behalf Of Varun Mehta
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:48 PM
To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Subject: [PLUG] Why are students/colleges not using *nix systems
Hi All,
This is a thread to identify the points each one feels could be the
reason why *nix systems are not
We are still discussing only one side of the story, i.e. in academia. All
students, and their tutors in a system like ours, will be interested in
training that can open access to the mainstream opportunities, which happen
to be Microsoft technologies.
This is because Microsoft (and other proprie
Guys!! Guys!! we are diverting from the problem, let's stop blaming
some thing or some one or the other. We all know there are flaws with
people and systems here and there, but we either need to change it or
live with it. Simple... So either we sit with it and crib and play the
blame game or ACT.
> Problems:
> ---
> 1. Most of the college labs find it easy to install M$ systems on
> larger scales, cos the network configuration ease [read tools easily
> available] Firewalls and restrictions implementing softwares [just
> click click click]
> 2. Most of the profs are also not th
Hi,
--- शà¥à¤°à¥à¤§à¤° नारायण दà¥à¤
णà¤à¤° <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Duh... I am not even computer graduate..
So, why talk about something you are not familiar
with?
> Please reread my statements. I meant an ecosystem
> that provides shelter for
> "will-I
> get-Job-if-I
श्रीधर
नारायण
दैठणकर wrote:
> Duh... I am not even computer graduate.. Belongs to some different field,
> where a twisted definition of "belong" means have a degree from 10 years
> back
> to hang on the wall and never touched anything in that field since.. ;)
Mine is in Math.
Does India have the
On Thursday 21 December 2006 20:19, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
> Never heard of CDs4grabs of ILUGC?
> http://chennailug.org/wiki/?title=CDs_for_Grab
> You can start one for PLUG.
No. But it sounds like good idea..
> > CS education in US is not the frame of reference
>
> Have you done it? I personally
Hi,
--- शà¥à¤°à¥à¤§à¤° नारायण दà¥à¤
णà¤à¤° <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And the so called friendly distro.
> are not yet available
> enough as much as pirated windows CDs are.
Never heard of CDs4grabs of ILUGC?
http://chennailug.org/wiki/?title=CDs_for_Grab
You can start
On Thursday 21 December 2006 17:35, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
> > *nix are harder
> > to setup and those setup shows more problems so
> > people avoid it.
> GNU/Linux installations have been made
> "newbie-friendly" these days.
It is perception. And the so called friendly distro. are not yet available
Hi,
--- Varun Mehta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. Most of the college labs find it easy to install
> M$ systems on
> larger scales, cos the network configuration ease
That doesn't mean it is appropriate for system
administration or maintenance.
> [read tools easily
> available] Firewalls and r
On Thursday 21 December 2006 12:47, Varun Mehta wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is a thread to identify the points each one feels could be the
> reason why *nix systems are not widely used as compared to M$ systems.
> Would prefer if people would append their view as points to the list,
> so in the end w
Hi All,
This is a thread to identify the points each one feels could be the
reason why *nix systems are not widely used as compared to M$ systems.
Would prefer if people would append their view as points to the list,
so in the end we still have a consolidated list. [Some of the points
are based o
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