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In this section of LUKSH wiki we will review past LUKSH sessions held at Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai. Those who are new to LUKSH or wish to join, can go through these notes on past meetings of LUKSH. The online material given in this section is also available for those who cannot come to LUKSH meetings personally. Anyone is free to form a LUKSH group anywhere and use our modules and to modify them as they see fit. Our objectives include making people aware about Free Software and to encourage them to use it. Please however, share your changes and critical comments with us, so that we too can improve!

 

 

Online LUKSH

 

Session 1:        Inaugural Session

                               29th September, 2007

 

Summary:        Introduction to GNU/Linux Distributions. Using Live CDs.

                               Getting familiar with different desktops. 

 

Activity : The focus for the first meeting of the LUKSH was to spread the concept of Free Software Open Source among NGOs and individuals, and      making them aware of an alternative operating system which is much more cost effective and reliable. The session began with self-introductions and participants stated what they would like to do with the idea of LUKSH. The participants were from a range of backgrounds: development professionals, computer science students, a cyber cafe owners' association organiser and other interested people.

 

Introduce the GNU/Linux operating system, its different distributions and choosing a distribution which suits one's needs. Different GNU/Linux Desktops like KDE and GNOME were introduced. Questions arose on how to choose a specific operating system based on one's computer memory and capacity..

 

The concept of a live CD introduced to the participants. A practical demo and interactive session followed with participants trying out different live CDs such as Ubuntu and Xbuntu and Knoppix on different laptops.

 

One of the challenges of the first meeting was that the participants were from very different levels of experience. There were some who had been using FOSS for some time and were looking to experiment and collaborate with others at a higher level. At the same time most were first time users who had only heard of FOSS and came to find out more about it. Apart from these, there were others in the middle. Dealing with participants at multiple levels is one of the challenges in running a club like this.

 

 

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Session 2 :         Choosing GNU/Linux version

                           Saturday 13 OCT 2007

 

Summary :          Choosing GNU/Linux version. Downloading ISO image from Internet. Writing ISO image on CD.

 

Activity : According to our session plan we have show how to download GNU/Linux ISO image and how to write image on CD we strictly followed the session plan and did achieve what we had planned.As Krishnkant was present he showed participants how to download GNU/Linux ISO image and how to write that ISO image on CD. Many website introduced to participant from where they can download GNU/Linux ISO image, websites like www.livecdlist.com. And almost every GNU/Linux distro has their own website. As an example we showed Ubuntu website and showed how to download Ubuntu ISO image from Ubuntu website. There were also discussion on how to install printer in GNU/Linux system and which distro to choose from vast choice and so on.

Later in the session LUKSH wiki introduced in details. Like how to edit wiki, what is wiki password, how to give feedback on LUKSH wiki and how to use FAQ page. Two Yuva NGO participant informed us that they have already implemented GNU/Linux OS in their organisation, but they are finding it difficult to get regular support from their vendors, like they don't know how to add printer in GNU/Linux system and so on.

After few days from LUKSH meeting we received feedback on LUKSH wiki and participant also used FAQ page on LUKSH wiki.

At the end of session we informed participants to share with other what ever they learned at LUKSH and also inform others about LUKSH group and encourage others to join. Participants also informed about Membership fees.

One of the participant Shantanu was already very much familiar with Live CDs and he was using Puppy Linux live CD. Shantanu gave LUKSH group one Puppy Linux Live CD as a gift.

 

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Session 3 :         Installing GNU/Linux

                           Saturday 27 OCT 2007

 

Summary :          Installing Ubuntu. Downloading Ubuntu ISO image from Ubuntu website.

 

Activity : Its been planned to describe how to install Ubuntu distro along with windows system. Its been showed in the session how to create partitions in hard rive for GNU/Linux installation. Partitions created and full Ubuntu installation shown in the session. Few system administrative tasks also shown like show to create new user and change password, but since there are so many things to be learned in administrating system we will require full session for that, so we kept it for future plan.

 

Session held by Santanu active luksh particiant uses puppy GNU/Linux distribution and very comfertable with Puppy distro. His session was about how to run Puppy Live CD, where to

download, what application available in Puppy distributions, what is its ranking in http://distowatch.com and so on. He explained benefits of using puppy distribution, like puppy distro can be run on 64MB RAM and can be very useful for old systems.

 

 

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Session 4:          GNU/Linux command line

                                  Date: 17th November 2007

 

 

Summary            Learning GNU/Linux command line  also called shell.

 

Activity :             Come and participate, we are sharing knowledge.