All I can say is that on Sat/Sun I will be there without failure. Possibly I will take some handouts as well to distribute to interested people.
Till then we can only keep praising Prosun, Triranjan, Jayabrata and others for the incredible work they are doing. But I hope on Sat.Sun you will have company and other members to support. I am trying my best to make time from office on weekdays but I an unable to make time. -Saugata --- linuxprosun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > Where are other of ilug-cal members? Please come at > Book Fair? We urgently > need you all. Last day (3rd Feb) nobody was there to > demonstrate FreeDuc. > People came to it, use it and leave it, without > getting any information > about Linux. I reached there around 3-3:30PM (and > was there till the end) > and found that all machines was locked. I login both > machine FreeDuc and > FC3 (the 3rd machine again start automatically > rebooting each time it is > switched on), and started with FC3. After a few time > Triranjan came and he > help ilug-cal a lot in that day also, by giving > Linux informations to > people. Then came R.V.K. with a very cute Linux > (Damn Small Linux) and > started it on the problematic machine, and this time > it runs very good > without any rebooting. Mr. R.V.K. was there almost > till the end. DSLinux > attracts people very much for its good interface, so > also FreeDuc - but > there was nobody to demonstrate it. Yesterday some > people asked AmarPC > (remember not ILUG-CAL) that "AmarPC-te Linux load > hobe ki?" (What about > Linux on AmarPC, will it run on AmarPC?). I think it > will be a great news > for ILUG-CAL and Linux community. A lot of people > came after 7:30, who want > to buy AmarPC, and don't know about computer very > much. They all have no > idea about licensing cost of windows, which AamarPC > will install on their > machine. After they realize the licensing fee, they > clarify it with AmarPC, > and then return again to us (ILUG-CAL) and want to > know more about Linux, > how can they get it, install it, etc. They all are > well aware about the > fact that Windows are very popular for crashing, > virus infection, no > security (yes no security feature as they told me > that someone can delete > some other's file/document without openint it), poor > speed (the complain > about the windowsXP), and the great tool "reboot", > if there are any > problem. Now they know that they can use Linux the > free OS, which is almost > free from these problems.I don't know, what they > will use after they buy a > PC, but we try to believe on Linux. I left the stall > at 8:15PM & back to > home. Thanks a lot to Triranjan (and also other WBUT > students) & Mr. R.V.K. > for being there, else it is really very tough for a > single person (like me) > to handle the crowd. > What about today? I dont know about myself. If > anyone give me a entry-pass > for RMS at kolkata, then I will be there(someone > assure me, that (s)he will > try for extra entry-pass), else I will be on BF. > Still I have classes on > evening 6PM, but I will try to be present at the > stall till the end as soon > I reach there. It is hard for me, to go there early, > very sorry for that. > Today's newspaper I saw that "Cactus" will come to > AmarPC. So from > experience of the Shilajit day, we have to be there > till Cactus is absent. > So, please come lug members, you have to (I mean you > can) stay there till > there evening and next if you wish you can be there > for Cactus. > > Bye for now, > Prosun Prodhan. > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: > http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
