hi i dont nkow what typ of subjs are taught at sangli colleges but bbay univ doesnt stress as much on core cs topics. enggring students undertstand more of diodes and opamps than drivers and os.

though i cant put in many suggestions but i remember the first linux workshop in my college. since even windows users at seldom use command line ... junta first of all takes time on terms with the idea of typing to get things dont and not clicking also power of shell scripts. also mounting drives is something that takes some time to digest.

when talking abt commands it may be good to use a lcd projector and show them online.

if the last session is about installing a typical linux on a typical h/w. and basic maintenance like chdsk, mount.

if you can get that ibm adv where a guy calls the cops saying his servers were stolen and later learns that they were all transfered to linux servers, its a good way to bridge between the fact that how a system mainly developed in a college labs can now run the biggest commerce applications. (i guess someone had posted its link on the list a month back or so )

asking how to do things in winny then explaining how it can be done better in linux is really a entralling exp for noivces. eg "Can you run windows on your watch ? " and then showing the snapshots of watch runnig linux. or maybe any such applications.

a compilation of list of distributions, websites, books, mags and mailing list can be handy for new converts.

take care Harsh

----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Warren" trevorwarren@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:32 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] lets start......popularizing linux @ Sangli.

Hi Luggers,

The best way to get CS students excited about linux is to let them know how students in other countries(esp. US/Europe) have embraced linux. For them, writing a doubly linked list program on dos/windows is a very big thing coz they haven't had any exposure to anything else as yet. If we can make them realize that it is actually "fundu" to do programming in *nix rather than on windows then their perception would change. It would be a waste to dump them with technical knowledge before they imbibe the concept of open source software.

In my college (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Tech. University, lonere) very few people dabbled in linux. And we were ridiculed by others as being 'not cool'. coz for them programming in windows on turbo c++ was everything.

Thus the understanding and liking for open source development has to be developed first. If that is done then there would be no need for any other workshop as these students will learn everything else by themselves.

Cheers :-)

Kapil Karekar

----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Warren trevorwarren@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:32 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] lets start......popularizing linux @ Sangli.

Hello Luggers...;)

This time around i write to get the ball rolling for the upcoming gnu-linux workshop being conducted @ the Rajaram Bapu College of Engineering.

I proposed to conduct this workshop for a period of 2 days in the 1st week of Next month, most probably on a SAT-SUN.

I would like the following from Volunteers on this Mailing list.....

--> The Workshop is being conducted for Engineering Students.....so considering the efforts to be put in from an academic perspective i would encourage u luggers to put forth TOPICs/Ideas that these Students could make use of.