[Indianlc] Linuxchix in Bangalore

[Vid Ayer]

On Dec 14, 2007 11:27 AM, priya venkateshan <priyaven at quRl2H_dvu24JMWKBKl6TwO2idyq3Bizee9rgYTs613kA1VFmitjkbz4BATsHEqWPXU7POCQDSeb9w.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>   Hi,
> Great to hear about this.
> For starters...
> How about getting girls in engineering colleges interested in linux and
> linuxchix? I know for a fact that most people in Bangalore colleges don't
> use linux all that extensively, and the number is even worse among girls.
>










Not difficult, provided you are able to encourage your friends (irrespective
of gender) to start using Linux. Rather than a stranger talking about Linux,
it makes more sense for you to promote linux among your friends, and those
in other colleges. They will listen to a friend more as compared to a
stranger evangelising about freedom or the  merits of the GPL.

You can talk to your HOD about it and ask them if they are willing to keep a
lab session (which may be outside your curriculum, so you may not get any
marks for it and probably not many will want to attend. So be prepared for a
negative response too.) and when you have decided the $subject (say
Openoffice) then we can get the appropriate 'chixpert to talk about it
...thoughts ?


Wishes,

Vid
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