Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-25 Thread Arun Khan
Hi Baskar, On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Baskar Selvaraj bas...@linuxpert.in wrote: As I found my FOSS lab setup (note, the context is not about our FOSS lab server but the FOSS labs we are establishing in Engg. colleges) announcement seems to create noise for few people in the list, I

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-25 Thread Gopi M
Please send your full detail.. I couldn#39;t receive your full detail in your mail. From: Mohan L lt;l.mohan...@gmail.comgt; To: ILUG-C lt;ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.ingt; Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-25 Thread Akilan R
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Gopi M m.gop...@yahoo.com wrote: Please send your full detail.. I couldn't receive your full detail in your mail. From: Mohan L l.mohan...@gmail.com To: ILUG-C ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in Do not top post. Also make sure you are

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-23 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
Dear all, I appreciate and my best wishes for the support of rasigar mannaram. Every man entitles to have his own fancies. Request to leave (atleast some) room in this mailing list for cynics of the foss lab server (in the context of foss lab server in engg college). As I found my FOSS

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-23 Thread Mohan L
3. Almost many engineering colleges have temporarily stopped their purchase of Proprietary software recommended by University and started evaluating FOSS alternatives. 5. I can confidently say that the proprietary software domination in our engineering education is seeing its end

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-23 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greeetings, On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Baskar Selvaraj bas...@linuxpert.in wrote: As I found my FOSS lab setup (note, the context is not about our FOSS lab server but the FOSS labs we are establishing in Engg. colleges) announcement seems to create noise for few people in the list, I

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-23 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
On Saturday 23 July 2011 12:24 PM, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: As I found my FOSS lab setup (note, the context is not about our FOSS lab server but the FOSS labs we are establishing in Engg. colleges) announcement seems to create noise for few people in the list, I have decided to stop by postings

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-23 Thread ThiaguWinID
Selvaraj Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 12:24 PM To: ILUG-C Subject: Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt. Dear all, I appreciate and my best wishes for the support of rasigar mannaram. Every man entitles to have his own fancies. Request to leave

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
hi, On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:09 AM, kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.comwrote: On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 10:10 +0530, 0 wrote: Baskar, you should perhaps collate all the colleges you've set up labs into a list and do a weekly announcement or something? Just wondering, as I'm

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Balachandran Sivakumar
Hi, 2011/7/22 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com: IMO, foss lab server at engineering college level is not  a right tool, I believe teaching students on the installation process gives greater understanding on various aspects of the trade. How does teaching installation

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, How does teaching installation alone help in understanding various aspects of the trade. I don't really understand what 'trade' in this context means. In my experience with students, teaching installation is the first step of exploring foss. But I don't see how not knowing the

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread kenneth gonsalves
On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 11:35 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: them to be separate announcements. IMO, foss lab server at engineering college level is not a right tool, I believe teaching students on the installation process gives greater understanding on various aspects of the

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 11:35 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: | IMO, foss lab server at engineering college level is not  a right | tool, | I believe teaching students on the installation process gives greater | understanding on various aspects of the trade. \-- They are two different

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Akilan R
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,

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, What you are suggesting is I need to first learn how to assemble a computer before I can start using it. Is that what i said, I could not find in any part of the text.Please do not put words in my mouth. (Why not start with micro-electronics chips? even better! ;-) Good suggestion, but

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Akilan R akila...@gmail.com wrote: | 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

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Akilan R
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Shakthi Kannan shakthim...@gmail.comwrote: It depends on where you want to draw the level of abstraction, who the intended audience are, and what you want to achieve from your presentation. That's what I implied. So saying somebody is not doing enough to post

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Asokan Pichai
On 22 July 2011 12:29, kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 11:35 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: them to be separate announcements. IMO, foss lab server at engineering college level is not a right tool, I believe teaching students on the

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, looking forward to seeing your forthcoming announcements of all the installations you have done using the 'correct' way - till then I am not leaving Basker rasigar manram. I appreciate and best wishes for the support of rasigar mannaram. Every man entitles to have his own fancies.

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi I appreciate and my best wishes for the support of rasigar mannaram. Every man entitles to have his own fancies. Request to leave (atleast some) room in this mailing list for cynics of the foss lab server (in the context of foss lab server in engg college). regards, Thyagarajan Shanmugham

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread kenneth gonsalves
On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 16:45 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: looking forward to seeing your forthcoming announcements of all the installations you have done using the 'correct' way - till then I am not leaving Basker rasigar manram. I appreciate and best wishes for the support of

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-22 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, no problem - every one in this list has the fundamental right to express wrong views. Nice one :), appreciate your sense of humour. regards, Thyagarajan Shanmugham ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-21 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
Dear all, Today we have setup a 25 seat FOSS Lab in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College (http://www.lvengcol.com), Puliambakkam, Kanchipuram Dt. for the Dept. of CSE. Contact - Mr. Madhankumar / HOD-CSE Thanks to our ILUG-C / KanchiLUG member Mr. Yasir Arafath for his valuable support in

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-21 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
On Thursday 21 July 2011 07:41 PM, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: Dear all, Today we have setup a 25 seat FOSS Lab in Baskar, you should perhaps collate all the colleges you've set up labs into a list and do a weekly announcement or something? Just wondering, as I'm seeing a lot of these mails

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-21 Thread 0
Baskar, you should perhaps collate all the colleges you've set up labs into a list and do a weekly announcement or something? Just wondering, as I'm seeing a lot of these mails lately, and don't see a reason for them to be separate announcements. I like it the way it is, reading the college

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-21 Thread Raman.P
--- On Fri, 22/7/11, 0 0...@0throot.com wrote: I like it the way it is, reading the college name location in the subject. Please don't change it Baskar uses the same subject pattern in his email, a personal message filter might be a better solution. +1 Raman.P

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Lord Venkateshwaraa Engineering College, Kanchipuram Dt.

2011-07-21 Thread kenneth gonsalves
On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 10:10 +0530, 0 wrote: Baskar, you should perhaps collate all the colleges you've set up labs into a list and do a weekly announcement or something? Just wondering, as I'm seeing a lot of these mails lately, and don't see a reason for them to be separate