hi friends, last days i attended ilug Cochin monthly meeting. from the meeting i got got two threads: 1. make list of free software professionals in our locality now i'm in mission to create professional in an application software. i attended the meeting as a part of the search for a professional expert in free software applications. last week i was at thiruvanathapuram for the same purpose. i find it is very tough. 2. make list of free software supported hardware (printer, modem, cards etc.), which is available in the local market. the printers and most of the cards(LAN, graphics etc.) available in market has no free software support. but we know this only after purchasing it. this is very irritating situation, from the customer perspective. we should be capable of avoiding this situation. let us make list for each? any one can refer any person from their own experience. any one can refer any product from their own experience.