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அனுப்புநர்: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com>
Date: ஞாயி., 26 ஜூன், 2022, பிற்பகல் 9:22
Subject: Long Live Linux Users Groups
To: ILUG-Chennai <ilugc(a)freelists.org>
Today, we had our weekly Kanchi Linux Users Group, online via
https://meet.jit.si Platform.
All the meeting was on Tamil Language.
Dhanasekar introduced Docker. He explored the basic usage, writing Docker
files and demonstrated how to build and run Docker images.
Mohan explained how chroot is mother of all virtualization solutions like
Docker, Podman, LXC, snap, flatpak etc.
Then, We started to discuss on many things on the FOSS world.
Many students studying at
https://Payilagam.com joined. For many of them,
it is a new experience to hear the open source discussions in Tamil itself.
The very good thing Payilagam does is, they ask all the students to install
LinuxMint on their machines. It is a mandatory thing. After showing linux
on their machine only, their classes starts.
As the students have the linux already, now they are enabled to learn
millions of new things on their computer. They attend various tech meetups.
They attend Kanchi Linux Users Group, Indian Linux Users Group Chennai (
ILUGC ), ChennnaiPy meetups. Few of them are already giving talks.
A switch to Linux OS will open millions of gates in Life.
In todays meeting, we asked all the participants to give one talk on the
upcoming meetups. The LUGs are the best place to start learning. Not only
tech. It will give all the life skills. For me, ILUGC, KanchiLUG,
Villupuram LUG gave me life long friends, tons of learnings, and the
ability to do anything on the world.
Today, wondered to know about Badri from Villupuram. Villupuram LUG is
celebrating Software Freedom Day every year. 8 years ago, when he was at
9th standard, he attended one Software Freedom Day celebration there. He
got to know about Linux OS, Free Software philosophies, Free Hardware and
all major free software. He installed Linux and started using it. He
explored all the distros. He learnt mobile development, flutter on his
collge days. He started to talk about linux to all his friends, and moving
them all to Linux. He is still at his final year of collge. He got job
already as a flutter development. He is using Manjora Linux. Good to know
it is used in remote deep villages too.
Another one is from Gopinath. He started to attend ChennaiPy meetups. Then
he joined ILUGC meetings. He still remember that we were celebrating Debian
Buster Release with a cake cutting on ILUGC meet. Since then he is
attending all possible open source related meetups. He grows on knowledge
and career along with all these meetings.
Annamalai from Trichy NIT. Told that ChennaiPy Vijay and Creator of Ezhil
Language Muthu are from NIT Trichy. They are part of NIT LUG on those days.
That LUG spirit is still driving them even after many years,. Asked him to
restart LUG activities there.
Kavitha told that she is a security expert. She told that she is looking
for a tamil tech community for long time and happy to find us. She agreed
to give talks on upcoming meetings.
Dhanasekaran is a Civil engineer. Still using Linux for past 18 years. He
is interested in Free Hardware. He will give talks on that soon.
Happy to know that many people are following
https://Kaniyam.com as it is
the only online magazine for Free/Open Source Software. Thanks for all the
contributors for
Kaniyam.com for keeping it alive for 10+ years.
Missed to write about many participants. Will take better notes next time.
It is really a social revolution that all the Linux Users Groups are doing,
silently. Even a small meetup, a Linux Demo day, a software freedom day can
open up someone mind and it will lead to great life change for them.
Even my life started to shift it gears after ILUGC meetings only. The pains
I took to travel to attend ILUGC meeting, from Kanchipuram to Chennai, are
still paying back to me with good job, good skills and never ending
learnings.
I request all of you join a nearby Linux User Group. If not start one. It
is so easy to start a LUG. Just find one or two supporting people and start
spreading the software freedom. Even the small regular activities can lit
light on many people’s life. You dont need to be an expert to give a talk.
Just share what ever you are learning.
Another tip here. If you want to learn any topic deeply, announce a talk on
that. It will make to read a lot, practice a lot. On giving a talk, you
will learn tons of things. Thats what I follow for many years.
I wish there is a Linux Users Group, in every village, every town, every
city, every college. They will build a great human society, because Linux
is not just a Operating system. It is a life style.
Long Live all the existing Linux User Groups, all around the world.
Thanks for all who are contributing to all LUG activities.
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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan
My Life with GNU/Linux :
http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil :
http://kaniyam.com
Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan
My Life with GNU/Linux :
http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil :
http://kaniyam.com
Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
http://FreeTamilEbooks.com