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Read this [http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2005/08/31/should-we-be-taking-a-second-look/ blog] for ideas to move forward to producing a specialised educational distro (edu-GNU) for India. [[Inspiration|A copy of the blog]]. The project is hosted by [http://sarovar.org Sarovar.org (Indian Sourceforge)] The project page is http://sarovar.org/projects/foss-edu-in/
Read this [http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2005/08/31/should-we-be-taking-a-second-look/ blog] for ideas to move forward to producing a specialised educational distro (edu-GNU) for India. [[Inspiration|A copy of the blog]]. The project is hosted by [http://sarovar.org Sarovar.org (Indian Sourceforge)] The project page is http://sarovar.org/projects/foss-edu-in/
See [[Current_events|Current Events]] organised by [[Main_Page|FOSS Community India]]
==Distros to start with==
==Distros to start with==
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#[http://www.dilpu.net Dilip Vamanan]. Email:- dilip AT dilpu DOT net
#[http://www.dilpu.net Dilip Vamanan]. Email:- dilip AT dilpu DOT net
#[http://www.livejournal.com/~anush_shetty Anush Shetty]. Email:- itsanushshetty AT gmail DOT com
#[http://www.livejournal.com/~anush_shetty Anush Shetty]. Email:- itsanushshetty AT gmail DOT com
#[http://www.anivar.nipl.net/ Anivar Aravind]. Email:- anivar AT nosparm gnu DOT org DOT in
Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you'll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse, you might be scared away by the sheer size of the work you envision. So start small, and think about the details. Don't think about some big picture and fancy design. If it doesn't solve some fairly immediate need, it's almost certainly over-designed. And don't expect people to jump in and help you. That's not how these things work. You need to get something half-way _useful_ first, and then others will say "hey, that _almost_ works for me", and they'll get involved in the project. -- Linus Torvalds, 2004 * Source: Linux Times interview, October 25, 2004.
Background to this initiative
This activity (originally planned for Software Freedom Day) intends to set the stage for an Educational Track in FOSS.IN. It intends to target Teachers as well as students. Some of the projects work in this field are
