Dear Linux gurus and enthusiasts
We wrote customized software for installation of Linux server with RAID, free backup software, email alerts, online configuration backup, one click restore, etc. among other things.
While we have been providing services to install Linux server which frankly, earlier took ages and each server manually needed to be installed selecting correct packages, all settings, additional software, etc. (sometimes took 2 days), this installer takes away all pain and does entire installation within 20 minutes without requiring any configuration.
We are giving it out free. How do I get people to start using it? Download is available and we have uploaded installation videos.
Even a hardware engineer with basic fundamentals of server, user, groups, folders, access control can install and use for free. Email alerts are also available for initial months for free.
Guidance requested. We are zero at marketing finesse.
Kshitij M Kotak BlackBox Data Safe server, backup software with disaster recovery capabilities at a price Indian businesses can afford so that they can compete with global corporations with ease, speed and confidence with services at a price Indian businesses can afford.
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:04 PM Kshitij M Kotak kshitij_kotak@hotmail.com wrote:
Dear Linux gurus and enthusiasts
We wrote customized software for installation of Linux server with RAID, free backup software, email alerts, online configuration backup, one click restore, etc. among other things.
While we have been providing services to install Linux server which frankly, earlier took ages and each server manually needed to be installed selecting correct packages, all settings, additional software, etc. (sometimes took 2 days), this installer takes away all pain and does entire installation within 20 minutes without requiring any configuration.
We are giving it out free. How do I get people to start using it? Download is available and we have uploaded installation videos.
Umm...by providing a url? And a statement about licence?
Even a hardware engineer with basic fundamentals of server, user, groups, folders, access control can install and use for free. Email alerts are also available for initial months for free.
Guidance requested. We are zero at marketing finesse.
Kshitij M Kotak BlackBox Data Safe server, backup software with disaster recovery capabilities at a price Indian businesses can afford so that they can compete with global corporations with ease, speed and confidence with services at a price Indian businesses can afford.
We are giving it out free. How do I get people to start using it?
Download
is available and we have uploaded installation videos.
Umm...by providing a url? And a statement about licence?
It looks like, the OP has been mentioning about the below one
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 1:02 PM Baskar Selvaraj baskar@linuxpert.in wrote:
We are giving it out free. How do I get people to start using it?
Download
is available and we have uploaded installation videos.
Umm...by providing a url? And a statement about licence?
It looks like, the OP has been mentioning about the below one
Could not locate any licence. Merely a term "licence free", whatever that means.
Post the source code on GitHub / alternatives / your own hosted GitLab [1], with a detailed README and installation instructions [2] that anyone can use WITHOUT YOUR HELP. Start a Telegram / Slack group for people to ask questions, report bugs. If they become too many, start a forum [3], and use an issue tracker [4].
Post this links on your website and share on groups like this.
For example, here is what we do with ERPNext
[1] https://github.com/frappe/erpnext https://github.com/frappe/erpnext [2] https://github.com/frappe/bench https://github.com/frappe/bench [3] https://discuss.erpnext.com https://discuss.erpnext.com/ [4] https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/issues https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/issues
On 02-Oct-2019, at 12:04 PM, Kshitij M Kotak kshitij_kotak@hotmail.com wrote:
Dear Linux gurus and enthusiasts
We wrote customized software for installation of Linux server with RAID, free backup software, email alerts, online configuration backup, one click restore, etc. among other things.
While we have been providing services to install Linux server which frankly, earlier took ages and each server manually needed to be installed selecting correct packages, all settings, additional software, etc. (sometimes took 2 days), this installer takes away all pain and does entire installation within 20 minutes without requiring any configuration.
We are giving it out free. How do I get people to start using it? Download is available and we have uploaded installation videos.
Even a hardware engineer with basic fundamentals of server, user, groups, folders, access control can install and use for free. Email alerts are also available for initial months for free.
Guidance requested. We are zero at marketing finesse.
Kshitij M Kotak BlackBox Data Safe server, backup software with disaster recovery capabilities at a price Indian businesses can afford so that they can compete with global corporations with ease, speed and confidence with services at a price Indian businesses can afford.
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 2:36 PM Rushabh Mehta rmehta@gmail.com wrote:
Post the source code on GitHub / alternatives / your own hosted GitLab [1], with a detailed README and installation instructions [2] that anyone can use WITHOUT YOUR HELP. Start a Telegram / Slack group for people to ask questions, report bugs. If they become too many, start a forum [3], and use an issue tracker [4].
Thank you Rushabh, these are helpful steps. OP, if you do choose to publish it as a Free/OpenSource Software, please also ensure that the source code clearly indicates the specific Free Software license it is released under. If there's no accompanying license statement, it is assumed that the software is proprietary since there's no way to explicitly tell if your users have the freedom to use/modify your software.
As an example, here's FSF's guidance on how to apply GNU GPL license to one's project: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html
Anurag
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