> Hi all, > > FSF, TN conducted yet another workshop - This time in Velalar college Erode > on 17th and 18th August 2010. More than 300 students from different colleges > in Erode district attended the session. Thanks to the great work by > the organizing committee and college staff. > > Students were given introduction to Free software philosophy on the first > day by Praveen and Sibi. This was followed by session on installation as > well as basics of GNU\Linux file system. FSF, TN arranged a session on MySQL > after this. All sessions generated great interest among the student > community. Enthusiasm shown by college staffs and students in asking > questions motivated the crew. > > Second day started with a very informative session on Python by Senthil > from Collabnet. Students as well as Senthil spent 3 hours together > interacting on usage of Python. Afternoon saw a very interesting session By > Arun Thangamani on TAMIL COMPUTING. This was one of the session > which highlighted the possibilities of FOSS in localisation. FSF, TN > understands the need to generate more content in local language to make > computing accessible to common man. > > FSF, TN formed a co-ordination committee for Erode region chaired by Sibi > Raj from Coimbatore. Mohan, Moharaj, Akkash & Robinipriya. > > All the participants were given a CD containing Ubuntu 10.04 as well. > Thanks to all who participated in the event and to all the volunteers who > made the event a great success. > > Event was covered by various national and local media as well as various > websites. Thanks to them as well. > > Here is the Hindu news link : http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/article523263.ece
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