Good to come up with list of linux application in day to day life....
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> * Shridhar Daithankar [linux-india] <26/04/01 15:25 +0530>:
>
> > Or development of linux as desktop/linux for dummies/helping agriculture with
> > linux....
> > I mean applying linux to our lives.... It's not yet done on mass..
>
> Linux has never been a "for dummies" OS - nor has any other unix. It was, is
> and will remain a power user's desktop / workstation / server.
So elevate all dummies to power user. A 'Linux for dummies' sure will help.
Logging to a KDE desktop and few clicks here and there plus a 'ls' is certainly
digestable for a dummy...
>From now, dropping typical industrial application of linux...
> * Lots of agricultural etc records are stored on linux / other unix machines,
> and made available at public access terminals around India - the simputer
> will help a lot in this respect ...).
I meant use of linux to help farmers(If there are any genuine. All of them are
politicians first. But that's a different story...) to manage supply chain
properly...
>
> * Someone (I think CV Radhakrishnan) posted that a major newspaper uses linux
> for production / editing.
Old news. I mean newspaper are not anymore relevant locally. I would like to see
a news site like www.theregister.co.uk or any similar which is updated round the
clock, for local events. Of course linux is one part of it. But still that's
significant...
>
> * A major hotel group (Taj I think) uses linux for backend processing ...
Last I worked with Taj, they were all doze desktop with novel3.1. May be they
replaced for Y2K. It's been two years.
For serious use of computers, I would like to see a PKI(Public key
infrastructure) owned by government, where government gives a digital identity
to any valid citizen of India on request, and as a mandatory attribute to all
government servants who can sign for a payment.
Government can do that if they care for using the money rather than wasting it.
All the intergovernment communication be performed electronically, signing it.
And most part of it should be public. Especially the tenders awarded and history
of firms receiving tenders.
And please somebody apply tax on agriculture...
Sorry for being way too off topic but again linux is a small and very vital part
of it.
Shridhar
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