On Tuesday 29 November 2005 12:29, Roshan wrote:
Hi all, I am a student of S K Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce. We are having our annual festival between 12th to 17th December 2005 combining all the sections of the college which includes Department of Computer Science and I. T.
On this occasion, I would like to have a seminar on GNU/Linux for encouraging the usage of GNU/Linux among my college students. I invite, anyone in the list whoever would like to conduct this seminar with reference to the following points with some experience in the industry. 1) What is Linux (Kernel, history, Linus Torvalds, Free Software is exactly?) 2) Why Linux? (Comparison with Windows, Security, Reliability, Features) 3) The X-Window System and Desktop Environments (GNOME, KDE) 4) Basic tips, Do's and Don't for installing and using Linux and Hardware Compatibility Details 5) Reducing Software Piracy and encouraging usage of Licensed Software and/or using GNU/Linux and software available from internet (website links)
I am available. Topic I would like to cover is 5) installation, usage, dos donts etc. Installation with either Debian or Knoppix. If u are distributing Knoppix demo with knoppix.
rgds jtd