Greetings!
I conducted a full-day "Introduction to Free/Libre
Open Source Software" workshop on Saturday, August 5,
2006 at Karpagam Arts and Science College, Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu, India.
I covered career opportunities with FLOSS, free/libre
open source software that is available for
students/engineers, the GNU/Linux desktop,
localization with GNU/Linux, and played the movie,
"The Revolution OS".
You can check out the photos from here:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album33
I would like to thank Prof. E. Karthikeyan, Senior
Lecturer, Computer Science Department to have arranged
for the workshop in one week's time, and for the
wonderful hospitality offered.
* The students were from the CS and MCA department.
* Usually, I prefer to speak in Tamil within Tamil
Nadu, but, because the audience comprised of people
from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, English was preferred.
* The college has recently received autonomous status.
I have given AU-KBC contacts to them to take up FLOSS
projects, and to start taking FLOSS initiatives to
serve the community in and around Coimbatore.
* They _will_ be starting a GNU/Linux Campus Club/User
Group on campus, soon.
* They do require technical support and guidance
(initially, atleast) from ILUGC, AU-KBC members for
FLOSS work.
Regards,
SK
--
Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com
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