Hello all,
I've been invited to give a lecture on Linux ( technical + philosophical ). I want to "enlighten" them on the virtues of F/OSS. If any of you guys are into Linux related education / propagation activities then please let me know what might be the critical points that one must cover. Also, I think I'll show them some eye candy. Any good demos / videos available for download to showcase Compiz Fusion or the likes??
On Feb 6, 2008 3:17 PM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
I've been invited to give a lecture on Linux ( technical + philosophical ). I want to "enlighten" them on the virtues of F/OSS. If any of you guys are into Linux related education / propagation activities then please let me know what might be the critical points that one must cover. Also, I think I'll show them some eye candy. Any good demos / videos available for download to showcase Compiz Fusion or the likes??
Along with Compiz/Fusion foo, show them KDE Education project (http://edu.kde.org) too.
On 06-Feb-08, at 3:23 PM, Kartik Mistry wrote:
or the likes??
Along with Compiz/Fusion foo, show them KDE Education project (http://edu.kde.org) too.
how can you recommend what to show them before you know *who* the audience is?
On 06-Feb-08, at 3:17 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
I've been invited to give a lecture on Linux ( technical + philosophical ).
audience?
On Feb 6, 2008 3:43 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On 06-Feb-08, at 3:17 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
I've been invited to give a lecture on Linux ( technical + philosophical ).
audience?
9th standard school students. English as well as Marathi medium.
On 06-Feb-08, at 3:48 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
audience?
9th standard school students. English as well as Marathi medium.
games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies. Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
On Feb 6, 2008 3:56 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies. Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
On 06-Feb-08, at 3:59 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies. Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
i dont really play games - my kid in 9th is quite happy with the default set that comes with mandriva. Doom? I am cc-ing Rajeev who is an expert, I hope he answers
On 06-Feb-08, at 4:06 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies. Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
i dont really play games - my kid in 9th is quite happy with the default set that comes with mandriva. Doom? I am cc-ing Rajeev who is an expert, I hope he answers
xmoto, quake3, fist on fire, alien arena, frozen bubble, gnome- robots, xevil
On Feb 6, 2008 4:14 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
xmoto, quake3, fist on fire, alien arena, frozen bubble, gnome- robots, xevil
Got it. I have an hour of time with me per batch. What they expect is for me to talk to them about computing in general and then specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case?
On 06-Feb-08, at 4:45 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case?
music - movies
On Feb 6, 2008 4:49 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On 06-Feb-08, at 4:45 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case?
music - movies
I second that. And also tell them what the RIAA / MPAA are doing in the US - that will set their thinking right on copyleft.
I think I said too much.
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Dinesh Joshi wrote:
| Got it. I have an hour of time with me per batch. What they expect is | for me to talk to them about computing in general and then | specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as | in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite | MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case?
I'd request that you do a quick view of "Free Culture" - has lots of nice real-life points you can refer to and get people to think "duh !! I never thought that it was so"
~sankarshan
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Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008 4:14 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
xmoto, quake3, fist on fire, alien arena, frozen bubble, gnome- robots, xevil
Got it. I have an hour of time with me per batch. What they expect is for me to talk to them about computing in general and then specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case?
If they buy a diary, the diary maker does not impose restrictions on the buyer whereas in closed software, not only do you give up your privacy but also pay ransom to access your own data. If they want to start a legal multimedia business at home they can do it for free with libre software or cough up more than a lakh for closed software.
Show them free multimedia packages for editing and creation. See if DJ softwares are available for Linux.
Play internet radio stations like www.sky.fm Play different media formats to show how everything runs just the same in GNU/Linux.
Their comp is so vulnerable to viruses and spyware when surfing the net and checking mails. GNU has no such horror stories.
On Feb 6, 2008 11:40 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008 4:14 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
xmoto, quake3, fist on fire, alien arena, frozen bubble, gnome- robots, xevil
Got it. I have an hour of time with me per batch. What they expect is for me to talk to them about computing in general and then specifically about Linux / OSS. I plan to emphasize on the "free" as in "Freedom" concept. Any idea what particular examples I should cite MS? Apple DRM? Sony BMG case?
If they buy a diary, the diary maker does not impose restrictions on the buyer whereas in closed software, not only do you give up your privacy but also pay ransom to access your own data. If they want to start a legal multimedia business at home they can do it for free with libre software or cough up more than a lakh for closed software.
Show them free multimedia packages for editing and creation. See if DJ softwares are available for Linux.
Play internet radio stations like www.sky.fm Play different media formats to show how everything runs just the same in GNU/Linux.
Their comp is so vulnerable to viruses and spyware when surfing the net and checking mails. GNU has no such horror stories.
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Soundgarden? Hydrogen? Audacity? cf: the copyleft post above.
Thanks everyone!
Sorry, couldn't reply to this thread earlier as I was ill. I took all suggestions into account ( well atleast those which came in before my scheduled lecture ). The lecture was very well received. The Freedom aspect, 3D games on Linux, Music, Chat Messenger, and other facts really got their attention. And the most important thing that REALLY got them to sit up and take notice was the fact about viruses, spyware etc... When I asked if anybody bought a legit copy of windows - all said no! When I told them that what they were doing was illegal and they could be thrown in jail for it, they really got scared =P hehe. Anyway, when I told them the virtues of Linux and the fact that I get sound sleep because 1. I am not pirating software. 2. I am assured that my system is safe :) They were very impressed :)
Once again, thank you for the suggestions!
On Feb 6, 2008 4:14 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On 06-Feb-08, at 4:06 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies. Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
i dont really play games - my kid in 9th is quite happy with the default set that comes with mandriva. Doom? I am cc-ing Rajeev who is an expert, I hope he answers
xmoto, quake3, fist on fire, alien arena, frozen bubble, gnome- robots, xevil
Supertux r00lz!! At least, I think so, and my 5 yr old daughter is extremely interested.
As they are high school students, why don't you show them some scientific packages? IIRC, one of the *LFY* issues recently featured a cd...and there is a bio-informatics spin of Knoppix out there too.
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Dinesh Joshi wrote:
| I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
The Fedora Games Special Interest Group came up with a kickstart for games at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Games/GamesLive perhaps that would be of some help
~sankarshan
On Feb 6, 2008 3:59 PM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008 3:56 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies. Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
Ok. 9th Class students can love some science softwares: http://edu.kde.org/science
Also, if you are running Debian, check: apt-cache search games or games section.
openareana multiplayer can be shown if 2 or more PCs are available there.
On Feb 6, 2008 3:59 PM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
Sauerbraten (a.k.a Cube 2) is a 3D first person shooter. Really worth showing visit http://sauerbraten.org/
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