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- From: spranesh@xxxxxxxxx (Pranesh Srinivasan)
- Date: Tue Jun 10 08:22:26 2008
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Pranesh Srinivasan <spranesh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sarad AV wrote:
Hai,
As long as we don't have the numbers, what we say
is only a ideology. there isn't much we can do about it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is certainly not true. Since there is a mukta O/S and a mukta
network to connect to we do have a choice and we can exercise it.
Yes, thats the first step. To truly exercise freedom, we require others to
be free because we live in a society of dependence. Hence we still need the
numbers.
There is a need to produce programs with extremely simple user interface for
non-tech folks who use the computer. More importantly they cannot be
ignored. From a security stand point, our security is as good as its weakest
link, the non-tech user.
From an OS stand point, Microsoft windows is extremely easy to navigate for
a non-tech user. Our free OS is not still there yet.
Sorry for the duplicate mail. My mail client Evolution, suddenly
decided to lose its head, and mail it instead of saving the draft via
IMAP. I just switched to Evolution recently from Thunderbird, and am
noticing this for the first time.
My apologies to all.
I kind of disagree with that statement. I do not wish to flare your
temper, or start a flame war, but there is a lot that goes into what
you learn, and how you are brought up. I started using Linux only a
couple of years ago, and now I must say I am pretty comfortable. The
problem with most kids these days is that the first computer they see
has Win installed. They get used to it, and settle down, often for
several years. (10+ in my case). Now, when they face an environment
like Gnome, they are thrown off their comfort zone - there is no
"start bar", no "Control Panel", etc..
These things often settle into the mind of the use so much that they
tend to become the universal default. My mom was asking me why there
is no "notepad" on my Linux Box. Rather than explain out all the
details, I rebooted in Win.
The point I am trying to make here is the way kids are brought up. If
you show them a Linux System say with Gnome, and tell them this is
what a computer is - what they have at school are computers too, but
different ones, they learn to get used to the idea of mutiple Desktop
environments.
Several schools in Russia are introducing kids to Linux, and teaching
them python as their first programming language around grade 4. I
think it is a great move.
It is purely a matter of convenience.
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Pranesh Srinivasan,
Sophomore,
Computer Science & Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology - Madras.
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