* Shridhar Daithankar [linux-india] <26/04/01 17:38 +0530>:
> Good to come up with list of linux application in day to day life....
> Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > 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.
Unix for Dummies already exists (written by John R Levine - the guy's a
genius, moderates comp.compilers, runs abuse.net etc)
> 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...
There are some ...
> Last I worked with Taj, they were all doze desktop with novel3.1. May be they
> replaced for Y2K. It's been two years.
Dunno - Atul Chitnis said something to this effect.
> 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.
Warning! Troubled waters, man ... you want to start a "1984" "black
helicopters" type of conspiracy theory? :)
> 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.
Oh yeah - this e-governance is such a big buzzword today. Pity that its
strongest advocate, Chandrababu Naidu the CM of AP, is a diehard Bill Gates
fan :(
> And please somebody apply tax on agriculture...
.. and stop providing free electricity to all and sundry, forcing other
heavy users (and a company which runs lots of computers - say an ISP - is a
rather heavy user) to do with costly, poor quality power.
> Sorry for being way too off topic but again linux is a small and very vital part
> of it.
you said it.
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