Dear all, On behalf of ILUGC, myself conducted a one day awareness program on FOSS in J.J. College of engineering and technology, Near Trichy for the 2nd year CSE, IT and MCA students totalling 250+.
Topics covered: Why Free / Open Source Software so important in engineering education Ubuntu 10.04 installation from DVD Introduction to office, internet, multimedia tools Development tools in FOSS Big Buck Bunny/sixth sense technology movie It was also decided to setup 3 separate FOSS labs for each dept. and do their further practicals in GNU/Linux. They are also interested in conducting FOSS workshops for MCA/ME departments. I would like to thank Director Dr. V.Shanmuganathan, Principal Dr. V.Sivaramakrishnan, HODs of CSE/IT/MCA for the support in organizing the program. Regards S. Baskar CEO/LinuXpert Systems _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
