Hi, On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:10 PM, balaji sivanath <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > i want to share my thoughts to my juniors about open source in my > college,my friends also said they will also combine with me. the > following things i got in my mind to share with them, > --what is opensource? > --why opensource,disadvantages of proprietory s/w? > --brief notes about licensing > --gnu/linux distributions > --especially ubuntu > --gimp > --linux basic commands > suggest me anyother topics that i have to tell them and also wat > should be the next level (i.e)if i got next chance which topics i have > to go into deep or anyother topics which i have missed for beginners > (am also a beginner:))
Imho, Free(Libre) Open Source Software would be a better term to use than Open Source. You could try demonstrating how easily you can do the day-to-day regular activities using a Free Software distro. That could be very useful. Thanks & Regards, Guruprasad _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
