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More Ideas why LUKSH-Free Software forum exist..

 

 

Most of us who use computers and the Internet in our day-to-day work know that information technologies are evolving rapidly. We keep changing our computers from time to time as technologies offering greater amounts of computing power at faster speeds became available, together with better Internet connections.

 

We tend to use terms like hardware and software to describe our computers. Many would remember going from a simple Pentium I  PC through various stages to the Pentium IV and now people are talking about the Quda core CPU PCs. We struggle to understand the computer hardware by remembering brand names and sharing the information with friends, but always feeling unsure of the knowledge we have, thinking it may be outdated.

 

Going to software, can you remember the number of times you've had to upgrade your software? There are virus problems, despite spending sizable sums on anti-viral protection. Then the frustration of the computer hanging up just when something important had to go? You may have moved from one vendor or service provider to another, but no satisfactory explanation was ever given for these problems.

 

You may have been told that you had to reset your computer for your own good. So often, you may had to abandon your data, never knowing the reason why. A fast solution for the vendor or service provider, but such a loss to you. You just had to accept it as part of the IT game--it just happens to some people sometimes, it would seem. After all, to gain such efficiency, you have to be prepared to lose something they would say -- as if it was a philosophical matter!

 

Most of the problems we have encountered have to do with the stability of the software on our systems.

 

To be more specific, while many of us may have heard of GNU/Linux, most of us only know Windows XP and now Windows VISTA, the proprietary operating systems owned by Microsoft, along with Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other applications also distributed by Microsoft. By contrast, GNU/Linux is described as free software, meaning that its source code is availabe free and can be modified by users.

 

The trouble is, even if we are ready to adopt it, GNU/Linux is not easily found. Who will show us how to install it on our computers? Will we have to make any changes in our hardware for it? How will we train ourselves to use it? Is there any vendor or service provider to help us with it? Though the solution to many of our problems may seem to lie in free software, we find it difficult to get our hands on it.

 

In fact, many want to know, what is a GNU/Linux Operating System (OS)? And what is free software? Why is it supposed to be free? Where could we come to know more about GNU/Linux? 

 

We at Comet Media Foundation have decided to form a forum to respond to these needs, LUKSH-Free Software. We thought we could meet every one to discuss the implementation of GNU/Linux at our workplaces and homes.

 

 

Lajpat Dhingra

LUKSH Coordinator,

Comet Media Foundation

 

 

Reference websites

http://www.gnu.org

 

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