> we can encourage students to contact them and make to contribute with > their guidance.
Open source and free software derives its value from pedagogy, at least that is my take on them. But then the learning curve on linux-distros are quite steep and fortunately distros like Ubuntu and programming environments like python are making it little bit easier. Still for those who want to know the _machine_ better nothing like having a Turbo-C / DOS environment ;) Let me try to provide some of the projects I am working on. All of them programmed in python, tested and released for linux (more specifically ubuntu), under GPLv3 license, and the context of development is Web-Technology. Eazytext : A wiki processor. It defines a wiki markup similar to the popular ones, with pluggable macros and extensions. Web is all about content and wiki is the easiest way to generate rich content. http://eazytext.pluggdapps.com/. Tayra : A web templating lanugage. Incorporates the best of HAML (in ruby) and Mako (in python), it helps developers to develop, package and distribute their templates as plugins. It also embodies some interesting ideas related to web templating. http://tayra.pluggdapps.com/ Tayra Styles : CSS scripting language similar to SCSS (or SASS). Goes hand in hand with Tayra's pluggable templates. Yet to be released. For students and programmers who want to learn parsing techniques, AST transformations, stack machines etc. eazytext, tayra and tayra-styles can be nice introductions. Cheers, _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc