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This message is in 2 sections
the first section deals with the News about the launch of Ind-linux
the second section is regarding Linux for Beginners
Section 1
Launch Of Indlinux in Indore
In co-ordination with SARAI-CSDS,LUG Jabalpur , Linux User Group Indore and Linux_iips, IndLinux was launched in Indore on 24th April '05.
The launch was done by Mr.G.Karunakar,Member,IndLinux Project.
The session started with introduction to Hindi Translation in Computers.This was followed by demonstration of Indlinux on Rangoli Live CD.
Mr. karunakar enlightened the
audience
about the Hindi and support in Linux and Unicode , and how this can be usefull to us.
This was followed by a short hands on experience on Ind-Linux.
The launch session concluded with a query section on Indlinux,Open source and Linux.
This was followed by introduction to Linux user groups in Indore.
Linux_iips
and
Linux User Group Indore
At the end of the meet the copies of Rangoli Cds were distributed amongst the audience.
Section 2
This mesage is for people who want to start with Linux.
If you like,please circulate this among your friends who want to learn linux
please pass on some comments so that i can improve upon this
based on the feedback I will another section next time.
- where do i start in Linux?
first of all you all need to learn a little about History of Linux
for that follow the History section at from any of the following links
http://www.linux-iips.tk/
or
http://govinda.no-ip.com/linux
or
http://masand.sourceforge.net/linux
- which Linux distribution to use?
Knoppix(knoppix.net ) or any Live CD based distro is good for starters
Next you can work on any Linux distribution
Linux Mandrake is easy to use and install for newbies.
there are a lot of distributions out of the distributions that i have tested
the best distribution for me has been Slackware,the latest is 10.1
but it is not for newbies but for advanced users in Linux
- how do i get the distribution?I cannot download those large ISO files.
this is link for the list of groups
they will surely help you out to get a CD you want
this is link for I-LUG indore and Linux_iips
- Where can i get help?
follow the "Getting help" page at any of the links below in th "MY Help pages " section
http://www.linux-iips.tk/
or
http://govinda.no-ip.com/linux
or
http://masand.sourceforge.net/linux
and register yourself at any forum the best one for me is lnuxquestions
follow this link to register yourself , register at Linuxquestions
also you can mail me about more queries from the forum at linuxquestions.org
(to prevent spams i cannot put my email-id here )
- I am a newbie,from where do i learn the basic working of a Linux operating system?
Besides this you can always have a look at the "MY Help pages" section
also this is good collection of linux links
linux links
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these are my personal links
my project site Autologoff
my blogs http://linux4all.blogspot.com
regards
gaurav masand