Hello, This commercial stuff is triggered by the misguiding offer of "Free" RedHat CDs, which turned out to be Rs.230/-. However this is not a free offer.

NICE , Calicut offer the following Free Software Services.

1. Two Weeks course covering GNU/Linux basics, KDE, OpenOffice Rs. 200/-

2. GNU/Linux Installation (1 day) Rs. 100/-

3. Above two along with basic sysadmin, networking and Setting up Terminal Server Rs. 750/-

CDs for all major distributions also Aailable ( Rs. 40/- per CD)

1. RedHat 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 2. Mandrake 9.0 3. RedHat (Pre-configured) to install from a single CD with OpenOffice and some science packages.

National Institute of Computer Education Satheesh Building, Kallai Road Calicut 673 002

Ph: (off) 0495 300040 (res) 0495 355415

with regards

NICE