[ILUG-Cochin.org] Awesome Meeting !!!

[vikhrakula at asianetindia.com]

   It was indeed an awesome meeting in terms of turnout. But there has  
to be something more to it that can give more to noob gnu/linux users  
who wants to migrate completely ASAP to fully freedom platforms. The  
unwritten rule is that if a guy/gal uses linux for atleast a month or  
so, there is no looking back(i frankly don't know why!). But this  
fragile period of partial migration is the times when people get fed  
up on one thing or the other(like codec problem or something else) and  
goes back to windows. Most people just sit on the new linux  
installation done by local linux guru because they don't know how to  
get around.I have seen this phenomenon over and over again. Its  
appreciable that in most meetings the concept of freedom is raised  
again and again but usability matters! I guess the ilug meeting needs  
to segregate mainstream gnu/linux users and noobs. The fixed topic of  
the day can be raised in "mainstream linux users" group and "teething  
problems and hit-the-road running" issues can be ironed out with  
noobs. If all the guys are clubbed into one and a one-size-fits-all  
approach will eventually scare noobs away from the meeting, if there  
is nothing on the table for them. Don't get me wrong..i am not gunning  
for elitism or something..but for example..a new guy drops in to the  
meeting to check it out..and finds topic "shell scripting" or "into to  
gtk/qt in C" ..wat will be the effect...

   "SHOCK AND AWE"

   it definitely didnt work in Iraq ;-)

   JUST MY THOUGHTS..


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