Hi, Thanks for the summary. Just wanted to know what exactly are these Lab manuals about ? I think .net under Linux might be solvable as Microsoft it self is offering some help in this areas. ( But of course, in the long run that could be a dangerous option. ). Tally may not be a solvable problem under linux but it may be required only by the office / accounts staff. Just wanted to share the problem that I was expecting. If you have lot of emails in outlook how to migrate them to free software alternatives ?
-- Vishwas On 16 August 2017 at 08:43, Milind Oka <[email protected]> wrote: > > Monthly Meeting Summary - 12th August 2017 > > The meeting started with Gimp talk by Raghavendra Kamat. In fact everyone > wants to play with shapes and colors right from childhood days. Apart from > that, basic image processing is everyday need of Digital Age. > > We often need to work with Image formats and their conversion. Uploading i > card size photos in applications, résumé etc. > > Without appropriate tools and proper guidance this can be too difficult or > even impossible for avarage user. > > Fortunately we had more student attendees. They certainly enjoyed the > expert's tips. > > It is true that anyone can practice and teach elementary gimp usage. But > learning basics from a professional artist is really a different experience. > > We felt this difference when Raghu started experimenting with sample > images. > He showed how to colorize original black and white image with various > color tools. He finally gave a demonstration of masking, where he changed > the face of a person in image, keeping the same body. The transformation > was so homogeneous that it was impossible to suspect any manipulation. > Of course he warned the students not to misuse this skill. > > In the next session, Joe put a propsal of celebrating Software Freedom Day > (16 September). He suggested to arrange an install festival, a hackathon > and FOSS exhibition in DBIT. The idea was to invite students and teachers > of schools and colleges of Mumbai. > > Although the idea was welcome by DBIT Profs and students, it could be > difficult to arrange everything in a short amount of time. > So we put the proposal to DBIT for further discussion. > > In the last session, Nilesh showed the lab manuals that he has prepared > with the help of students. Nilesh and his students team have made a > wonderful job. The students had even gone to a few schools. But the > principals of junior colleges are not yet confident to migrate. As per his > teams feedback, the only problem they faced was Tally and .net. We need to > study alternatives to these softwares further. > > As far as schools are concerned there seems no problem in State or CBSE > board. > > > - Milind > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
