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- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hello sir, an idea to popularise Ubunutu Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:26:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Ramesh Elamathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello sir, I am Elamathi, a reporter working in a small town in Southern India and a user of Linux (not Ubunutu, though i have a Live CD) for a few years. Linux is simply great. Let me come to the topic directly. The Tamil Nadu government (A State in India) has introduced linux to the Plus I, that is called higher secondary level-I. The syllabus also has windows XP . But *linux has been given importance*. The other part of the syllabus is Star Office and C. The Plus II, the second level in higher secondary, has C++ and Star Office in detail. Simply it means, the s*tudnets need not to have work C, C++ and Star Office in Windows environment*. All these are open source based, linux oriented. Hence, the syllabus is basically oriented towards Linux. Just one computer with Windows XP is enough to learn it. The *rest of the syllabus can be taught in Linux* machines. That meens, thousands of schools in the State, if we take initiative and are able to pull it, can be converted to linux. Sadly, there are no support or men to press this to the government or even in one school. Ironically, the *Microsoft and Intel* have come up with a lot of programmes, and *converting the students* to Windows oriented. Let me describe how we can capitilise this situation and *popularise linux*, particularly *Edubuntu* <http://www.edubuntu.org/> through a district i am living. Salem (not the one in the US) district has more than 2000 schools. Of which 60 schools teach computer science as subject professionally. Each school has 10 computers.Though now they are having old hardware, they are soon going get upgraded. The *government *or other agencies are *not *able to *supply* software, i mean *Linux *to these schools. If we can provide *Edubuntu* <http://www.edubuntu.org/> to all these 60 schools, no body is going to oppose. It will *not take a long time to get government permission*. If we can explain it to the secretary of the school education and get permission first for one district, it can be implemented easily throughout the state. I can explain you more sir. Even i have worked out a chart (or a road map) on how we can implement it. If we explain that the *Edubuntu* <http://www.edubuntu.org/> has *tools to programme in C and C++* and once you show the source code, all the *students will be excited* to know it. Now, many students here have no clue what is linux. Sir, if you are *interested*, i am *ready to explain* this concept *further*. And please forgive me for the spelling mistakes and the informal way i have written this e-mail. Regards Elamathi - -- Baishampayan Ghose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ubuntu -- Linux for Human Beings http://www.ubuntu.com/ 1024D/86361B74 BB2C E244 15AD 05C5 523A 90E7 4249 3494 8636 1B74 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEtT69Qkk0lIY2G3QRAnUjAKC9UMyd57/AHsf/SBnj8AMUcfsZRACfSf3p 9w826t7BuzO8n9fQn5vkLmo= =XNAL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
