Guys but also see the symmatry of that program, information of keyboard at first and our guys talking about...... later, lets say what we want other to hear, rather than what we want to hear (The article is great, but you need to know a lot more before that because the article is so diverse) since e-governance and content for tele-centers are on hype , lets try to target those things, and tell people the benifit of foss on those aspects (we can always play a freedom song in background)
On 5/20/07, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This can be a very good article for our FM program. As suggested can we > translate it to Nepali and push it for the program. Can be very helpful > > On 5/20/07, Puran Thapa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > FOSS Nepal is relay helping me do work in FOSS environment which is the > > demand of time. > > > > Thank you. > > > > On 5/20/07, Amit Aryal < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ya always useful one...for all those who seek differences.......... > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/19/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not the writer of this thing.. I just ripped it off > > > > > > > http://dmartin.org/weblog/things-i-can-do-in-linux-that-i-cant-do-on-windows > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > Things I can do in Linux that I can't do on Windows. > > > > > Submitted by dmartin < http://dmartin.org/members/dmartin> on Sat, > > > > > 03/03/2007 - 1:06pm. > > > > > > > > > > - Linux < http://dmartin.org/weblog/categories/linux > > > > > > - Open Source <http://dmartin.org/weblog/categories/open-source > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since I often hear from friends and people on the Internet about > > > things > > > > > they can't do in Linux that they could on Windows, I thought I'd > > > write up > > > > a > > > > > list of things I can do in Linux that I can't do in Windows. > > > > > > > > > > 1. *Update every single piece of software on my system with a > > > single > > > > > action. *This is one of the main reasons I run Linux. Sure, > > > > > Windows has Windows Update, but that only updates the operating > > > system, > > > > > Office, and a few other things. For every Linux distribution > > > I've used > > > > > (Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu), updating is simple. When you > > > update, > > > > you > > > > > have every application, every library, every script - every > > > single > > > > piece of > > > > > software upgraded automatically for you. And on most of them, > > > they > > > > will > > > > > check for updates automatically and notify you. This is great > > > for > > > > security, > > > > > fixing bugs quickly, and getting the latest in features. > > > > > 2. *Update nearly everything on my computer without a > > > reboot.* On > > > > > Linux, there is only one thing that requires a reboot after > > > updates. > > > > The > > > > > kernel. And even then you can continue to run on the previous > > > kernel. > > > > You > > > > > just need to reboot to get the benefit of using the new kernel > > > (say, if > > > > it > > > > > has a bug fix or a new feature). In Windows, many of the > > > updates to > > > > even > > > > > non-critical software require reboots. > > > > > 3. *Keep my system secure without software that consumes my > > > system > > > > > resources, requires my time, and frequently nags me*. Basic > > > > > requirement for a secure Windows box include: > > > > > 1. Running antivirus protection. AV software consumes > > > > > resources and requires routine scans. > > > > > 2. A software firewall like ZoneAlarm or the one built into > > > > > Vista that constantly asks you if you want to allow software > > > to > > > > contact the > > > > > Internet. More time on your part. > > > > > 3. Running Adblock Adaware and/or Spybot Search & Destroy on > > > a > > > > > routine basis, consuming your time, and requiring your > > > manual > > > > intervention. > > > > > People often forget or don't "get around to it". > > > > > 4. Never trusting software. You have to go through life > > > > > assuming every bit of software and every website on the > > > Internet is > > > > going to > > > > > screw you over. What a sorry state of affairs that is. > > > > > > > > > > All of this requires your attention, slows your computer, and > > > ruins > > > > > the open experience of the Internet. None of this is necessary > > > in > > > > Linux. > > > > > You get your software through your distribution. As long as > > > you can > > > > trust > > > > > your distribution, you can trust the software > > > available. Having a > > > > firewall > > > > > is a good thing even in Linux, but most of us have a firewall > > > built > > > > into our > > > > > Cable and DSL modems, or our wi-fi router. A software firewall > > > in > > > > windows > > > > > is as much used to keep malware from calling out as it is to > > > keep > > > > outside > > > > > intrusions from coming in, and you don't have the same concerns > > > in > > > > Linux > > > > > (since, as I said, you can trust your software). > > > > > 4. *Run an entire operating system for free without pirating > > > > > software, and without breaking the law.* Most Window's users > > > seem > > > > > to accept that breaking the law is okay, because it is pretty > > > much > > > > > required. Either you break the law, or spend countless > > > thousands of > > > > dollars > > > > > on the software you need. You may not think it is a big deal, > > > but if > > > > you > > > > > own a home like I do, you are putting it at risk. While > > > unlikely, the > > > > > potential is there for software companies to come after you > > > just like > > > > the > > > > > RIAA has come after countless people. With Linux, this isn't > > > > necessary. > > > > > You can run the software you need without paying for it, and > > > without > > > > > breaking the law. I know I sleep better at night. > > > > > 5. *Take my settings with me where ever I go.* In Linux, all > > > your > > > > > personal settings are stored in your Home folder, most in > > > folders that > > > > begin > > > > > with a period (like .gaim). So, I can copy all these settings > > > from one > > > > > computer to another. I can put these settings on a USB > > > drive. When I > > > > > switched from Gentoo to Ubuntu, I kept all my settings. On > > > Windows, > > > > some > > > > > settings are under your home folder and some are in the > > > registry. So > > > > your > > > > > settings are not portable. > > > > > 6. *Run Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0 on the same > > > > > desktop. * I have all installed thanks to the wonderful > > > > IEs4Linux<http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/ >project. I can even > > > run them > > > > side-by-side if I want. For a web developer, > > > > > that's huge. Testing browser compatibility to that level on > > > Windows > > > > > requires multiple machines or something like VMWare. Further, > > > when I > > > > run IE > > > > > under Linux, I don't have to worry about any malware or virus > > > getting > > > > onto > > > > > my system. > > > > > 7. *Understand everything that is going on in my > > > computer. *Using > > > > > Windows is like working with a black box. You can see the > > > outside, but > > > > you > > > > > have no idea what is going on inside. If you hit snags, your > > > only > > > > option is > > > > > to hope Microsoft fixes it. Or, perhaps you can submit a bug > > > report to > > > > > Microsoft, spending *your time* improving software that a > > > company > > > > > makes billions from. Under Linux, you can look at the system > > > logs, > > > > where > > > > > you can see most issues. You can search for the log messages > > > on > > > > Google, and > > > > > can usually track the cause and often find a fix. If not, I > > > can even > > > > go > > > > > look at the source code to find the offending > > > problem. Granted, most > > > > people > > > > > aren't capable or don't have the time to look at the source > > > code. But > > > > the > > > > > fact that tens-of-thousands of geeks do is often very, very > > > helpful. > > > > And if > > > > > you do spend the time filling out a bug report, you are helping > > > other > > > > people > > > > > just like yourself, not contributing your time to a rich > > > software > > > > company. > > > > > 8. *Customize every aspect of my desktop.* In Windows, you are > > > more > > > > > or less stuck with what you are given. Sure, you can install > > > buggy > > > > skinning > > > > > engines, or you can pay Microsoft extra for the ability to put > > > skins on > > > > your > > > > > desktop. But even these aren't very adaptive. It's just a new > > > coat of > > > > > paint on the same desktop. Under Linux, I can choose the > > > window > > > > manager, > > > > > the desktop environment, the theme, the GTK engine, the icon > > > theme, the > > > > > special effects (see Beryl or Compiz), the filesystem browser, > > > and so > > > > on. > > > > > Nearly every aspect of the system has competitive options. If > > > you look > > > > > around the internet at screenshots of various Linux desktops, > > > you > > > > rarely see > > > > > two that look the same. > > > > > 9. *Benefit from competition between projects for each system > > > on my > > > > > computer.* As I mention in point 8, there are options for every > > > > > > > > aspect of the Linux desktop. Not only is it fun to try the > > > various > > > > options, > > > > > but it leads to better software as multiple projects compete > > > against > > > > each > > > > > other to be the best. Can you imagine competing printing > > > backends, > > > > > competing desktop environments, or competing USB mounting > > > systems on > > > > > Windows? I've been a Linux user for 3 years now, and I've seen > > > > remarkable > > > > > changes in systems used on the Linux desktop, from critical > > > systems > > > > (XFree86 > > > > > switched to X.Org, auto-mounting systems) to non-critical (my > > > > > CD-Rom eject button works!). > > > > > 10. *Run thousands of great pieces of software that only run on > > > > > > > > Linux.* Just like Windows, Linux has software that doesn't run > > > on > > > > > Windows. Great pieces of software like > > > > > Amarok<http://amarok.kde.org/ > > > >, > > > > > Bluefish <http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/>, > > > > Neverball< http://icculus.org/neverball/>, > > > > > Gnumeric < http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/>, > > > > K3B< http://www.k3b.org/>, > > > > > Beryl < http://www.beryl-project.org/>, > > > > gdesklets<http://www.gdesklets.de/>, > > > > > and MythTV < http://www.mythtv.org/>. I know this is a > > > > > chicken-and-egg point, where Windows has the exact same > > > situation. Too > > > > often > > > > > I hear "I can't switch to Linux because it doesn't run [insert > > > Windows > > > > > software]". My reason for pointing it out is just to make it > > > clear > > > > that > > > > > this is a two-way street. > > > > > 11. *Learn about, support, and appreciate the value of free > > > > software< http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > > > > > .* I believe free software is important to us all. Even if > > > you use > > > > > non-free software, the free software movement ensures checks > > > and > > > > balances on > > > > > non-free software by offering an alternative. By running a > > > free > > > > operating > > > > > system and becoming involved in the community, I've contributed > > > to free > > > > > software, even if only in a small way. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The main point I frequently try to make is that you can't expect > > > features > > > > > to be 1-to-1 when switching operating systems. We like Adobe > > > Photoshop or > > > > > Microsoft Office because we have used it for years, and we are > > > *used* to > > > > > it. We hate change. It's natural that people have a desire for > > > > everything > > > > > to be identical. Did we expect Windows to be exactly like > > > something else > > > > > when we started using it? Probably not. > > > > > > > > > > When you learn closed-source proprietary software like Photoshop > > > or > > > > > Office, you have spent *your time* indenturing yourself to a > > > lifetime of > > > > > spending $700 every so many years. And the same goes for every > > > company > > > > you > > > > > work for that you insist you need Office or Photoshop. And if you > > > don't > > > > > think that your company's expenses affect your salary, think > > > again. > > > > > > > > > > Conversely, if you take the time to learn open and free systems > > > like > > > > > Linux, Gimp, or OpenOffice, you now have given yourself a lifetime > > > of > > > > > perpetually free software. The value of that is quite > > > profound. No more > > > > > worrying about installing Office on more than one computer and > > > running > > > > into > > > > > activation issues. I have OpenOffice installed on all 5 computers > > > I own, > > > > > *and my flash drive <http://www.portableapps.com/>* where I can > > > run it on > > > > > any computer I wish. > > > > > > > > > > Bottom line is, yes, you will have to spend time learning Linux > > > and the > > > > > software running on Linux if you choose to switch. But by doing > > > so, > > > > you've > > > > > set yourself up for a lifetime of free computing. For many of > > > you, that's > > > > > going to be 40, 50, 60, 70 years. A period of learning isn't so > > > hard to > > > > > swallow, when you can see the value of doing so. > > > > > > > > > > My advice, should you choose to try Linux, is to forget about > > > making it > > > > > exactly like Windows. You will spend countless hours, and you > > > will fail. > > > > > Once you spend signicant time on Linux, every time you use a > > > Windows > > > > > computer you will say "Bah, I could do xyz if I was on Linux". > > > > > > > > > > If you are a Linux user, and you have other things you think > > > should be on > > > > > this list, please contribute comments below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Shishir Jha > EPC 1970,GPO 8975, > KTM,NEPAL > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
