[Ilugc] [OT]activities at LUG-VIT ( a small update for the unknown)
- From: eerpini@xxxxxxxxx (Satish Eerpini)
- Date: Thu Feb 26 22:44:53 2009
Money is not the only way to contribute. You contribute in different
way, by coding, document, help others to use FOSS, spending some time
in VIT-Lug activities, etc..
Yes we have been trying our best to encourage students here to start
using Linux, and we have achieved some success in the past two years,
with a lot of students using Linux, this has even encouraged us to
plan for setting up a repository of Fedora and Ubuntu packages on the
University server ( talks going on with the administration).
We have also created a spin of Fedora 10 with all the multimedia
packages included ( I am not sure I can call this a Fedora spin ;)),
which are going to popularise from now on so that it is easy for
people to start 'getting onto' linux.
What really has been a problem is the quality rather than the
quantity, we do have a large user base but lack of people who are
really sound with Linux administration and can troubleshoot . We have
been trying in our own ways to encourage faster troubleshooting
through the site (
http://vlug.playdrupal.com , the subdomain being
provided by one of the alumni)...and through almost regular saturday
roundups ( I should agree I picked up the roundup idea from ILUGC, I
have been on the list for long now ).
I have already announced a "call for speakers" for an event which is
in the planning towards the end of April. We stand by the ideologies
of the community in general and look up to ILUGC in achieving an
effective user base and sustain our task of helping people embrace
FOSS.
Satish
Member, LUG-VIT
Fedora Ambassador, Vellore
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http://satish.playdrupal.com
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