GNU/Linux Awareness Programs

GNU/Linux Awareness Programs at ITI – Kolar Gold Fields

Myself & Balaji and his team organised a 2 hour Awareness Program on GNU/Linux on 3th of May, 2008 at The COPA and Electronics Department of ITI Kolar Gold Fields.The Program was aimed to create a base level awareness about GNU/Linux, Free Software and the tools based on the Linux kernel.

The focus was on bringing awareness among the young minds and tune to encourage them to form a small GNU/Linux User group among all the other students in Kolar Gold Fields.

ITI – Students

I started the GNU/Linux Awareness Program with help of Mr.Balaji and his team from Bangalore at 10.00 AM in ITI – Kolar Gold Fields.

About 35 to 40 students with two lectures participated in this program.

Topics covered covered are as below :

1. Introduction on FSF

2. About free softwares & its benefits.

3. Role of GNU.

4. Difference between Free softwares & Proprietary software.

5. why we want to use free software rather than using a proprietary software?

Then we install Ubuntu 8.04 & Linux Mint – 4.0 in four systems and gave hands on training using our laptops to all the students who participated in the program.

Group Disscusion among the students

Finally had a group discussion to form a GNU/Linux User group and finish the program at 12.30 pm.

My sincere thanks to Balaji & his team from Bangalore & ILUGC – Chennai for helping me to conduct this program with great success.