I have just done my BE (comps) from the
university.
To the best of my knowledge , my college , Ram rao Adik
Institute of technology,Nerul,DY patil vidyanagar is the only college to have a
first class Linux server lab with RH being used.
Also it is the only college which probably has a LUG in
the college -complete with mailing list and all....we all had login/passwds
,email accts...
the best thing is this - all this is being managed by
students -dedicated ones.
Why dosent someone get in touch with RAIT and then go
slowly from there - word spreads...
ALso yes FE Unix is confirmed - but pls dont be too
optimistic ...heres the real scene - FE's (first year guys) have 6
subjects , Unix with C being one of them
For most , programming is a new concept , Unix being the
extra burden.
Infact for most professors too , Unix is a alien idea ,
anything the students do outside the cheap 100/- guides available will be
adding to the limited knowledge the professor has. So all students will stick to
textbooks since no one does practicals in engineering till maybe 3/4th
year.
Also Linux initiative in colleges - pls catch only 2/3rd
year students. reason - only students who will want to work for u are students
who want to do an MS in CS/EE/CE in usa. For which they need to show they were
geeks all along , Linux being the perfect route ..specially when they do
something for college - like organise "seminars " for NCST and TIFR(biig names)
guys.
this will be exaggerated to one paragraph in their
recommendations and most engineering profs will blindly sign --so pls be careful
abt the whole scene.
again we might also get something useful by getting some
awareness.
I can contribute on sundays...in Mumbai...after
december..
and yea right now I am in PCS , working for General
Electric-Aircraft Engines on Java/JSP/servlets .....this is where most engineer
learn their fundas - the 3 month industry training after college ..
Regards
Tript
"It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it,
than to be sane and have one's doubts."
- G. B. Burgin