Hi, On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:32 PM, openbala <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:45 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Why only Fedora ? why not popular linux distributions like ubuntu ? >> or debian ? with ~30k packages ??? >> infact debian/ubuntu offers much more choices for packages for >> students. Debian has been very popular with scientific community. >> many people are no aware of such a wide variety of choice until one >> looks at the categorized package list in debian/ubuntu. >> These lab setups are a good opportunity to create awareness on such a >> choice also I guess. >> > > <snip/> > >> >> Well there is little use if sys admins set up themselves. It should >> be an interactive environment where everyone participates and learns. >> it is more imp to get the message straight to the people by hands on >> practise. >> >> regards, >> KM > > Well, I may be wrong here, but setting up FOSS lab might be OP's > fulltime job. He has total rights to do want he wants and how he wants > to do his job. Free advice is easy. > > Atleast, I won't be very happy when someone else tells me what to do in my > job. Your attitude sounds gives me a feeling of a monotonous lab setup (as seen with windows based lab setups).
Well I agree It is definitely a great effort to do FOSS lab setups in engg colleges or institutions. But what really matters at the end of the day is- howmany people/students have u motivated to use FOSS based applications ? and how many labs continue to use those installations ? Are they confident enough to try and /or motivated to install FOSS applications on their PCs at home ? If FOSS lab setups can address these questions seriously then these efforts will be very fruitful. regards, KM _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
