Hi. ----- Original message ----- > 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.
I totally agree with Guru. It is better to use FOSS (Free & OpenSource Software) rather than just telling OpenSource. You can also present the history of FOSS, how it started, what the term means. > > Thanks & Regards, > Guruprasad > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
