2011/7/22 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் <citizenof...@gmail.com>
> In my experience with students, teaching installation is the first step of > exploring foss. > I disagree. First step is let them use few good tools (preferably GUI) and let them know that FOSS can produce better tools than proprietary ones, then let them know how FOSS works(philosophies) and then teach them command line tools and then go into hard part of they themselves installing and troubleshooting stuff. What you are suggesting is I need to first learn how to assemble a computer before I can start using it. (Why not start with micro-electronics & chips? even better! ;-) -- அகிலன் (Akilan R) [ blog.akilan.in ] *I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.* --Jean Rostand _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
