On 08/01/2010 12:53 PM, Thilo Pfennig wrote:
http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Swatantra He likes to ask us all to add, modify or comment on the list.
Nice idea. The स्वतन्त्र DVD could be a thumb drive or usb stick, too, since those are commonly available in 4GB+ sizes. What is the target audience? + It might be useful to avoid the M-word. The center of attention should be on the FOSS tools or at least the generic, general activity. The generic activity can be listed instead of specific proprietary brands, for example, "productivity software" or "office suite" Second, the FOSS tools should be approached as fine tools in and of themselves, so it is important to avoid framing them as copies or analogues since many actually came first. + The ala carte model common in computing might be a new or foreign concept needing introduction. Lego blocks are a common metaphor, at least for certain generations in some regions, but there might be something else appropriate for India, which has a much older, established culture. + Since there can be many choices, pick one from each category and then mention the others. As usual it is a matter of picking the right tool for the job. + Berkeley DB and Sqlite are not really equivalent, since Sqlite is sql (ISO/IEC 9075) and Berkeley DB is a hash table (or something like that). Berkeley DB used to be FOSS and though I can't get to the source from Oracle's site, Oracle still seems to imply that it remains FOSS via dual license: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/htdocs/licens... + Of the databases, there is a hierarchical database language M aka MUMPS aka ISO/IEC 15852:1999, which has several implementations and is useful: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mumps/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/ http://71.174.62.16/MDC/ The FIS implementation, GT.M, has a VM 'toaster' for those still plagued by legacy systems. (GT.M might have a blob, though) + The plug-ins and add-ons for Thunderbird and Firefox could be highlighted. Again, here the ala carte nature of computing. Maybe pick three of each to describe and then mention how to search through the others. + There should be "advertisements" for some of the major desktop distros and live CDs ( Knoppix, Fedora, Kubuntu, Haiku ) to encourage people do download and try them. + There should be "advertisements" for nice desktop environments and window managers. An important concept is the ability to customize the desktop environment or plain window manager to suite local needs. A lot of must-have features like virtual desktops, multiscreen and multi-seat are unknown to Windows victims. + There should be an "advertisement" for WINE. It is not an emulator, but an implementation of the Windows API which may allow users to upgrade to a good system while still keeping legacy applications available until they can be replaced. + FileZilla probably belongs up in the 'Communication' section, since it is an all around tool for file transfer. + Bluefish could be added somewhere, either in development because it does a lot or in web design where it's used a lot. When I've asked beginners, they've preferred it over Quanta or Kompozer. http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/ + R Project (science and engineering) is *big* among statisticians and professionals working intensively with statistics. Even the big proprietary names like SAS and SPSS are providing hooks to the R programming language. http://www.r-project.org/ + Perl and CPAN. Since python is mentioned, perl could be too. It is the glue that holds the net together. http://www.cpan.org/ + Cytoscape (science and engineering) is a java-based tool for network analysis to visualize interaction networks and pathways and integrate networks with annotations. It was developed for bioinformatics and molecular interaction but useful in other visualization tasks and the core functionality is expandible through plugins. http://www.cytoscape.org/ + Fritzing (science and engineering) is Electronic Design Automation software, even developed a University just like all other cutting edge software. IMHO better than Kicad. http://fritzing.org/ + Koffice has a lot of great tools, and supports OpenDocument Format. Kexi (database) is one that users of old systems might find convenient. Kplato (project management) is another. http://wiki.koffice.org/ + A point of information: Go OpenOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org and not the same as OpenOffice.org The reason for the fork was the inclusion of some controversial items and licensing. Either way, the important item is support for the OpenDocument Format. http://www.openoffice.org/ http://www.go-oo.org/ + VirtualBox and Qemu are good VMs, useful for development. The proprietary product it is compared to is so bad that comparing VirtualBox to it implies that VirtualBox is not any good either. http://www.virtualbox.org/ http://wiki.qemu.org/ + Zim, Basket and Knotes are good for notes and can be listed with Office & Design + Digikam is quite nice for managing digital photos. http://www.digikam.org/ ---- Again about the target audience and goals. There is some mention of server tools, but that might be too big a leap for most Windows users, and the focus could or should be on the desktop. Be that as it may, if they are looking to get rid of any Windows servers, then + 389 Directory Server is a good open source directory server for those that need help setting up Kerberos and LDAP. http://directory.fedoraproject.org/ + OpenCMS uses Java and could be listed in the CMS section. Nuxeo, Lenya and MainPyrus are also used. + Mail can be provided by Postfix, Exim, Dovecot. Mailing lists with searchable archives via Simpa and GNU Mailman. + Bedework is a standards-compliant enterprise calendar server designed in particular for higher education. http://www.bedework.org/ + Kolab and Citadel are standards-based groupware servers, built out of smaller, commodity components. Citadel is fully GPLv3. Kolab is the product of a series of contracts for the federal office for Security in the Information Technology in the German Government. http://www.kolab.org/ http://www.citadel.org/ + LTSP and K12LTSP would be suitable for many work or school environments. + SE Linux, AppArmor, and systrace are worth mentioning for *production* severs, not devel. regards /Lars