* Lacture by Richard Stallman @ VJTI on 14th Feb. 2003 @ 6:00pm. * Hi everybody,
I am an avid Linux fan. But we have gotta face it: what the CM of Goa said was right: in their present avataars, all distros of Linux, including Redhat 8.0, are difficult for kids. We have to keep in mind that in a classroom, there are roughly three varieties of kids: sharp, average, and dumb. We have to try and cater atleast to the first two. And Linux distros are NOT good for average beginners (though the sharp beginners might take to them like fish take to water.) The solution is to let the kids have the M$ handholding at first. Let em have it easy. After they have picked up the basics, they can move over to Linux. Especially when they are ready for some programming action. Its very bad to start learning your programming on an M$ platform. (just as its very bad for an average guy to start learning to use a computer on a Linux platform.) There are gonna be some hotheads here who will flame me. But before doing that, just apply your commonsense- your level of intellect ain't shared by all em kids at Goa. The CM of Goa being an IIT guy, could see that. Hola, Cromium. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
