Many thanks to Sameep for compiling the minutes of meeting.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sameep sameepk@yahoo.com Date: 2008/6/25 Subject: LUG Meeting June 2008 To: gnurag@gmail.com
For those of you who missed it , the meeting commenced at CAMP by around 2
Initially Easwar gave a presentation advocating GNU Linux to newbies. His target audience were newbies presently using Windows. He had two presentations. One highlighting the benefits of GNU Linux over windows and the other one demonstrating the installation procedure. He used Ubunutu for all his illustrations.
Easwar plans to hold a Ubuntu Install fest at his college. He plans to give a presentation about Linux and also offer to install Ubuntu for anyone whose interested. Anyone wanting to help him in this can contact him directly.
Easwar's presentation was discussed and it received inputs from everyone. Arun and Vikram had prior experience in advocating Open Source Software to people so they shared some of their experiences with everyone.
Next everyone was introduced to Ms. Chanditta. She works for an organization that regularly holds workshops training people in Open Source Software. She is basically from the Media Industry and plans to open an institute in which she plans to incorporate Open Source Software.
Although she is going to post her plans on the Mailing List shortly, she is currently looking for volunteers. She requires people who might be interested in teaching or helping out in her workshops. They hold workshops providing guidance about OSS to teachers , both from educational institutions as well as NGOs.
Arun then spoke about his recent experience in converting a customer to OSS and the resistance he faced while doing that. He finally managed to convince the customer after a Live Demo. Different methods of spreading Linux were then discussed by everyone.
Vikram spoke about his projects in wireless technology. He has also recently launched an initiative called PPP. This initiative hopes to build a legal framework for protection of personal privacy. Presently India does not have any such framework ; this was evident in the Aarushi Talwar case.
Krishnakant then spoke about his experiences in converting people to Linux. He also spoke about the presentations he gave and the questions he was asked regarding Linux. He discussed certain projects he was involved in. He also shared a great story about the Open Source Community. He described how a Firefox add-on was created within 36 hours based on his request to the community. He is going to blog about this experience in detail shortly.