[Ubuntu-BD] FOSS & Ubuntu in Bangladesh

[Shahriar Tariq]

Dear Shumon bhai,
There are already windows look alike system ylfm os or linux xp and
there are many gnome themes that will make any gnome based distro look
like windows system. Do you think they are popular than Ubuntu or
fedora or linux mint or any other mainstream distro?
No.
Why? Because in the end people went for functionality & usability

If you check you will find general users (ie windows users) think our
community as cult (something like religious group). We always
emphasize on freedom and piracy issue. Both of them are important but
people really don't care about either of them. Proof? I have found
most of active linux community members are still involved with piracy
(pirated movie songs?). And general people don't get the benefit of
openness.

So as a community we should put emphasis on having well organized
support group to provide professional grade solution to user problem.
Proper documentation, on call support. Which at this moment is missing
in our community. As a result even if we manage to create interest
among general user, they loose interest when they have to figure out
every bit by asking other or searching in different forums/blogs.

I personally would like to start training schedule for our own
volunteers so they have full fledged knowledge on the system and able
to help anyone on any topic. Sadly at this stage we are not in a
position to conduct such training. Perhaps in the near future things
will change and we will be able to metarialize this

On websites and blog. We have already started working on this sector.
Hopfully by first week of June they will be up and functioning


http:\\linux-xp.com
http:\\ylfm.org/en
http:\\www.learnthisblog.co.cc/2010/02/10-free-windows-7-look-alike-theme-for_4915.html

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Thanking you,
Shahriar Tariq

Volunteer, Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance <http://linux.org.bd>

Team Contact, Ubuntu Bangladesh <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-bd>

Founding Member, Amigos Clothing <http://amigosclothing.com/>
Personal Blog: আশাবাদীর দিনপঞ্জিকা <http://www.ashabadi.com/> (এখন পাতা শেষ)

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