On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 12:24 +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Krishnakant <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 11:40 +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM, sankarshan > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > 2009/12/24 narendra sisodiya <[email protected]>: > >> >> I think, we can compose a standard reply for such queries. > >> >> > >> >> suggestions needed !! > >> >> > >> >> PS: please read mail from bottom to top [:(] > >> > > >> > Would it be possible for you to sum up the salient points ? > >> > >> A normal person make some basic point from user perspective. > >> > >> - They* are very comfortable with windows box > >> - They* feel difficulty while learning Linux > >> - Almost all software (in pirated form ) for windows are available > >> - They* says, one need to jump on terminal/etc thing somethimes > >> - Installing new software sometime make you tried from soul > >> - in nutshell they* are unable to find a solid reason for uninstall > >> Windows and install GNU/Linux over it. > >> > >> Most of the argument are valid from user perspective who just want to > >> get their work done in easy way. > >> > > So can GNU/linux allow you to do the work easily. > > I think there are few important points which we need to make users aware > > of. > > For example, although *not* recommended (I am personally strict about > > it ) one can open their word and excel files into openoffice, specially > > the latest versions are very good. > > They are already using some very popular free software like firefox and > > vlc on windows so it proves that foss is not that un-popular. > > > > We also must give user the idea that they get to use their common > > services like facebook, orkut or any thing for that matter including > > skipe on gnu/linux. > > > > To remove that commandline misconception, we must make it a point to > > show as many things on the gui up front to end users as far as possible. > > For example, rather than showing them how to do sudo apt-get install, it > > is better to bring the add-remove gui option to their notice. > > > > > > Also there is some thing we must tell our users. > > Drivers for the computer and other hardware is almost every time present > > in the system by default. > > While I am writing this email, I am actually at a 5 days workshop which > > I am conducting in Konkan with my team. > > With the result of many such workshops we have got arround the common > > man linux fear and many of them have already started to use ubuntu at > > least for their daily basic usage. > > > > Happy hacking. > > Krishnakant. > > @Krishnakant, > I agree with you. Infact I have installed GNU/Linux on few > friends and one boy (10th class) laptops. They do not find any > difficult most of the time. infact my 3rd standard nephew changed > wallpaper of Fedora , without even telling him the method to do so. > > @JTD > I agree with you also, but we cannot ask them to compare based > on price and license. M$ has already lowered cost of "their failed > products". Imagine a condition where M$ release his Windows and > associated software as "freeware". (a free of cost , closed source , > close license copy) to every student of India. att, Narendra: yes I agree with you totally but we must spread the awareness of this digital drug in a proper way.
> we should prepare a defend side (points) where we can put reason that > "these freewares are bad for you". Very easy to do. No virus on gnu/linx "Y?" when microsoft could have done the same thing what linux does. And also prove the existance of spyware and ask users "if windows xp allowed to disable updates, why did vista remove that facility? simple, by disabling the updates, you could deny m$ a clean entry into your personal computer. having slapped on the face this way, m$ turned around and removed the facility all together. Now you *have* to take updates. why? because you *must* be watched by microsoft." And I know we all are smart enough to prove that some data indeed gets uploaded from our computers. We can use these points to let people know that the freewhere they are using is doing some kind of digital terrorism. Happy hacking. Krishnakant. _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
