Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-16 Thread Parag Shah
Do you think it would make sense to repeat this in other colleges? What is required - an enthusiastic faculty member? A strong student group? All of the above and, a method to continue the follow-up to encourage 'applied' discussions. For example, once the basics of programming It

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-16 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Parag Shah adapti...@gmail.com wrote: My theory is that, to be able to do anything over a sustained period of time, the only way to get it to work is to tie it to tangible rewards. Unfortunately, tangible rewards for students - are grades, and for employees -

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-16 Thread Rohit Karajgi
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Parag Shah adapti...@gmail.com wrote: My theory is that, to be able to do anything over a sustained period of time, the only way to get it to work is to tie it

Re: [PLUG] [Mini DebConf India] Fwd: Debian Project News - August 15th, 2011

2011-08-16 Thread अभिजित Abhijit
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Muneeb Shaikh iammun...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 00:25 +0530, Praveen A wrote: Congratulations Muneeb! Congrats Muneeb! अभिजित अ. मी. Abhijit A. M. Phone: +91 9422308125 ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group

Re: [PLUG] Linux from scratch

2011-08-16 Thread Pravin Sonawane
On 08/15/2011 04:18 PM, Mayuresh wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 09:53:06PM +0530, Pravin Sonawane wrote: Hello all, I am new to Linux and this is my first mail too. I want to learn Linux in and out and was thinking the best way to do this would be to build our own distro from scratch. I know