Dinesh Joshi wrote: > On Feb 6, 2008 4:14 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> xmoto, quake3, fist on fire, alien arena, frozen bubble, gnome- >> robots, xevil >> >> > > Got it. I have an hour of time with me per batch. What they expect is > for me to talk to them about computing in general and then > specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as > in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite > MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case? > > If they buy a diary, the diary maker does not impose restrictions on the buyer whereas in closed software, not only do you give up your privacy but also pay ransom to access your own data. If they want to start a legal multimedia business at home they can do it for free with libre software or cough up more than a lakh for closed software.
Show them free multimedia packages for editing and creation. See if DJ softwares are available for Linux. Play internet radio stations like www.sky.fm Play different media formats to show how everything runs just the same in GNU/Linux. Their comp is so vulnerable to viruses and spyware when surfing the net and checking mails. GNU has no such horror stories. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
