Hi All,

Please dont' take my words harsh...---but its' the
reality....sorry for that!

Please do call me too, i m available only on
weekends(Saturday & Sunday). I try my level best to
provide Max. Help! to Linux Community (New Chandigarh
LUG)....

Can some one please also make a post on following
ORKUT communities too:
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=20550856

http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=20546042

Thanks & Regards,
-Piyush
Mo.: 9891431061

Mail: piykumar@...
Web: www.harQuch.com



--- vini chahal <vini_chahal@...> wrote:

> hi friends
>
> I am Vinod Chahal(B.Tech IT),working as Resident
> engg. in custom
> deptt. Ludhiana.I am also agreed Nipun viwes.First
> we meet and planned
> for it.Hopefully after that we will got gud
> result.I always ready when sombody calls me for such
> type of gud starts.
>
> Thankes & Regards
>
> Vinod Chahal
>
> +91-9888527824
>
>
>
> piyush kumar <piyush_us2002@...> wrote:
> Hey! Buddies...
>
> I am Piyush (RHCE & B.Tech IT), working as a Quality
> Engineer at NexTag Software & Services, Gurgaon(
> www.nextag.com), an active member of various FLOSS
> online communities.
> I agreed with what Nipun said about making
> technically
> sound society at CHD. and CALLS Chandigarh LUG to
> focus on this Issue but one thing i have faced in
> past
> and wana share with U guys... is that, "Its not very
> easy to change people's mindset; they will all talk
> big, but when it comes to action, they will just go
> to
> sleep."
>
> "Who 'll become Linux(FLOSS) follower......?????"
>
> In India spreading Linux [for a home User] is not
> that
> easy to conduct a workshop for FREE (People think it
> as a free garbage and dont' focus on it).
>
> Gr8 suggestion by Prof. Anil Sarwal: "Targets:
> Schools/Colleges" ...Yes, the only good way to
> start,
> would be by giving free "gratis" lectures in schools
> and engineering colleges. This way we will find a
> few
> sincere followers.
>
> Thanks to Amit Mittal for coming on FRONT to
> contribute his share for this Drive.
>
> "Open Source is a marathon, not a sprint!"
>
> --- Amit Mittal <amittal123@...> wrote:
>
> > If that is going in some educational institute and
> > free of charge, then this can be a very good
> > starting
> > point for Linux education and showcase.
> >
> > Please arrange under some Unix/Linux user club if
> > possible. This way things will get some
> popularity.
> > Universities/collages can help this way.
> >
> > I can also contribute in this regard. If the
> college
> > provides some computers and bandwidth, we can put
> > some
> > live examples and test/lab.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Amit Mittal
> >
> > --- "Prof. Anil Sarwal" <sarwalanil@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Nipun
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I teach at the DAV College in Sector 10 here and
> > if
> > > you wish to help, we can
> > > request the management to allow us this workshop
> > > free of charge.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards and thanks for a good suggestion and
> help.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Anil Sarwal
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: linux_chandigarh@...
> > > [mailto:linux_chandigarh@...] On
> > > Behalf Of Nipun Jain
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 4:20 PM
> > > To: linux_chandigarh@...
> > > Subject: RE: [linux_chandigarh] problems
> regarding
> > > linux
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I agree that Linux can be difficult to
> understand
> > > and use for a person new
> > > to computing. But so is windows. The fact that
> > most
> > > of us got Windows
> > > bundled with our first PC and have been using
> > > Windows since we have been
> > > using computers makes it seem that Windows is
> easy
> > > to use. Computers have
> > > been considered synonymous with Windows.
> > >
> > > Linux, particularly the newer distributions,
> > notably
> > > Ubuntu, SUSE, Linspire
> > > and Xandros are equally, if not more user
> friendly
> > > than Windows and are free
> > > to use for home use (and some even for
> commercial
> > > use). Not to mention that
> > > most of the software that serves the same
> purpose
> > in
> > > Linux as in Windows,
> > > such as the Office Suite are generally free. All
> > in
> > > all, you only have to
> > > spend on the hardware of your computer, the
> > software
> > > that drives it can be
> > > had for free (legally, that is).
> > >
> > > Even then, I have seen a very minuscule number
> of
> > > people using Linux in
> > > India, generally because of the overwhelming
> > > prevalence of Windows, mostly
> > > due to unabated piracy. Another reason for this
> is
> > > Lack of Basic Linux
> > > Training in India. You can easily get training
> > > (ofcourse paid) in Windows
> > > from your friendly neighborhood computer centre
> or
> > > cyber cafe. But for
> > > Linux, only professional training is available,
> > and
> > > that too at very
> > > exorbitant prices.
> > >
> > > As far as I know, the only Linux training that
> you
> > > can get in Chandigarh is
> > > Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Training
> Course
> > > from institutes like
> > > TechnoSchool, SSI, RCC etc. But that training is
> > > inclined towards system /
> > > server administration and has very little to
> offer
> > > for a general home use.
> > >
> > > If you are completely new to Linux and want to
> get
> > > started, the best thing
> > > you can do is to either get a good book for
> Linux
> > > (Linux Bible by
> > > Christopher Negus or similar) or enroll for the
> > > first module (yes, only one,
> > > that is RH033) module of RHCE from any good
> > > institute.
> > >
> > > Asking someone to coach you privately in Linux
> > will
> > > not work out unless you
> > > know the teacher personally. My suggestion is
> that
> > > if enough people are
> > > interested to learn Linux for Home Use (or SOHO
> > > use), then we can organize a
> > > small workshop and get one of the teachers from
> > the
> > > said institute to teach
> > > the basic concepts of Linux so that we can start
> > > adoption Linux as our basic
>
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