On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Naren Bharatwaj <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just got a random thought on why not help install Linux in all hostels > where photocopy/printing facility is available. I've had to print some > documents and when I take the content in a pendrive, it invariably ends up > infected with virus. I hope there'll be students from every hostel in this > mailing list. We can go in groups and encourage the guy who runs the > photocopy facility to install linux by highlighting the advantages of linux. > According to my observation, he uses the system only for printing documents > (word documents/PDF files). > > Any ideas on this are welcome. > > Naren Bharatwaj > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > I guess it would be more practical not to rely on pen drives for long term data storage, so that you can format them whenever you suspect a virus. After all, the hostel photocopy shops are not the only Windows-dependent places you'll be plugging in your pen drive, and you can't control everyone's operating system. -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
