What if we think this problem as a serious and take some action upon the pc vendors. action like training them or informing/motivating them to distribute linux distros with a good vision of income.
On 8/18/09, Abhishek Singh <aks.abhis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 08/18/2009 03:03 PM, sanjeevshrestha wrote: > > I may not be alone who faces this problem now and again. Where do I > > find any linux distributions? Today I was in urgent need of fedora 11 > > (Ubuntu would also do). So I ran through the market. I first went to > > Mahabouddha to see if they have any. I ran through few shops and to my > > dismay they don't know about linux. Finally, in a shop a boy tells me > > he has fedora and shows me fedora core 6. > > > > Finally I thought of going to MPP, I reached there after half an hour. > > You know the traffic and yes add to it rain started pouring. I reached > > MPP and asked some guy sitting on the front desk about Fedora and > > Ubuntu or any idea where I can get them. I came to know only nepalinux > > is available there not other distribution. Good. So I asked about > > where I can get other distributions. He had no idea. I asked where are > > people related to FOSS or where in market I can get the distributions. > > He had no idea. He added FOSS office in tripureshwore but it may not > > be operational. (What is the real status for FOSS?). > > > > So I am here finally sitting in front of my laptop pouring my agony > > for not finding place to get FOSS software . > > > > So bottom line is where can I get FOSS softwares? > > > > Best, > > Sanjeev > > > > > > > > Dear Sanjeev, > It is really a problem to acquire Linux distro in the market. What > you'll generally find is outdated versions. It's always better to post > in the mailing list to check if anyone has media of the distro you > require and if he can lend/provide it to you (I'm sorry if you've posted > such mail). We (FOSS Nepal) don't run a physical office now and are > connected through mails and frequent physical visit/meetings. MPP > develops NepaLinux, and they can provide you with their distro. There > are some groups that might provide you with distro media (e.g. > ubuntu-np, fedora-nepal). There is another place as well, where you can > avail them -> Digitrust Enterprises, Putalisadak (Prabin Gautam). If you > require fedora 11, I can also provide you; let me know when I where can > I meet you. Contact me at 9841515701. > > -- > Abhishek Singh > FOSS Nepal Community > http://wiki.fossnepal.org > > > > > -- Mr. Abhudaya Sagar Kshetri (ASK?) Url: www.sagarkshetri.com.np email:conn...@sagarkshetri.com.np <email%3aconn...@sagarkshetri.com.np> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
