Sony, This is a nice initiative. On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am a visiting faculty at various MBA institutes in Kochi, and I am > > disappointed to know that my students have never heard of Linux (or > > anything non-Windows). > > > > I tried encouraging them to install Linux, but the roadblocks they face > in > > that one task deflects them away from this great OS. > > > > However, they were comfortable with using Ubuntu Linux, once they see how > > to go about things. > You are using wrong terms. "Linux" is not an Operating System. The name of > the > Operating System is GNU and it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, > like "grew" but with n instead of r. > > > So my question is this: Can we form a group that helps people INSTALL a > > flavour of Linux? > > > > The help could be by email/phone/in person/any remote way one could think > > of. > > > > But im talking of about a 100 students in each institute, connected via a > > wireless network. So, is there a way for network installation? > > You could contact JJ(944-711-1771) and Sameer(999-571-7112), who could > help you to organize this. > > > It is my understanding that this group stands to promote the use of Linux > > OS among people. > Again, the term "Linux OS" is wrong. The Linux Kernel(GPLv2), which is the > central part > of the GNU Operating System, is one of the many Free Software that > ILUG-Cochin promotes. > > I am agreeing to what Jos said but I guess the operating system name is GNU/Linux. That is what I learnt from the website http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html. Please correct me If I am wrong. > Happy Hacking, > Jos Collin > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Best Regards Gejo Paul
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