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== The Idea == | == The Idea == | ||
The idea is to take Fedora to rural areas of Jharkhand through a number of programs like:<br> | |||
The idea is to take Fedora to rural areas of Jharkhand through a number of programs like: | |||
1. Organising workshops on 'What is Fedora'<br> | 1. Organising workshops on 'What is Fedora'<br> | ||
2. Distributing media<br> | 2. Distributing media<br> | ||
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4. Helping in installation<br> | 4. Helping in installation<br> | ||
5. Organising training camps, workshops on basic usage of Fedora (using multimedia, text editors . . .) | 5. Organising training camps, workshops on basic usage of Fedora (using multimedia, text editors . . .) | ||
== Targetted Audience == | == Targetted Audience == | ||
1. Students who are ready to learn<br> | 1. Students who are ready to learn<br> | ||
2. Instructors of local computer institutes who are ready to use Fedora in their institutes<br> | 2. Instructors of local computer institutes who are ready to use Fedora in their institutes<br> | ||
3. Others who all are interested | 3. Others who all are interested | ||
== Resource Persons == | |||
1. College Lecturers<br> | |||
2. Software Developers | |||
== Who are the volunteers == | == Who are the volunteers == | ||
1. Some instructors from Ranchi and Tatanagar (two cities in Jharkhand) who are conversant with Linux<br> | 1. Some instructors from Ranchi and Tatanagar (two cities in Jharkhand) who are conversant with Linux<br> | ||
2. Some people who have been using Fedora for some time. | 2. Some people who have been using Fedora for some time. | ||
== Event Owner== | == Event Owner== | ||
Yet to be decided.<br> | Yet to be decided.<br> | ||
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== Programs undertaken so far == | == Programs undertaken so far == | ||
<b>Sidraul, Ranchi on 26 March 2014:</b><br> | <b>Sidraul, Ranchi on 26 March 2014:</b><br> | ||
Discussion on "Why to use open source software" with special mention about Fedora. 26 people attended. 5 DVDs of Fedora 20 were distributed and installation of Fedora was demonstrated. | Discussion on "Why to use open source software" with special mention about Fedora.<br> 26 people attended.<br> 5 DVDs of Fedora 20 were distributed and installation of Fedora was demonstrated.<br> | ||
<b>Samlong, Ranchi on 11 April 2014:</b><br> | |||
Discussion on "Advantages of Using Open Source Software" with special mention about Fedora 20<br> 22 people attended.<br> 5 DVDs of Fedora 20 were distributed and installation of Fedora was demonstrated. | |||
== TRAC ticket == | |||
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/124#comment:4 | |||
Latest revision as of 06:03, 22 April 2014
Introduction
Jharkhand is an economically backward region in India with a large rural population. Since the last few years, students and others alike in these rural areas have developed keen interest in acquiring skills of computer usage. However just like many others, they have been using piriated software and pirated operating system. This is largely due to two reasons - one, their instructors were conversant with that particular operating system which was beyond their purchasing capability and taught them computer usage based on that. Two, they were totally ignorant of open source and free operating system like Fedora. As a result of this, almost everybody is condemned to use pirated OS.
The Idea
The idea is to take Fedora to rural areas of Jharkhand through a number of programs like:
1. Organising workshops on 'What is Fedora'
2. Distributing media
3. Using banners, posters etc
4. Helping in installation
5. Organising training camps, workshops on basic usage of Fedora (using multimedia, text editors . . .)
Targetted Audience
1. Students who are ready to learn
2. Instructors of local computer institutes who are ready to use Fedora in their institutes
3. Others who all are interested
Resource Persons
1. College Lecturers
2. Software Developers
Who are the volunteers
1. Some instructors from Ranchi and Tatanagar (two cities in Jharkhand) who are conversant with Linux
2. Some people who have been using Fedora for some time.
Event Owner
Yet to be decided.
Till then Mohan Prakash (mpduty) is responsible.
Programs undertaken so far
Sidraul, Ranchi on 26 March 2014:
Discussion on "Why to use open source software" with special mention about Fedora.
26 people attended.
5 DVDs of Fedora 20 were distributed and installation of Fedora was demonstrated.
Samlong, Ranchi on 11 April 2014:
Discussion on "Advantages of Using Open Source Software" with special mention about Fedora 20
22 people attended.
5 DVDs of Fedora 20 were distributed and installation of Fedora was demonstrated.