[ILUG-Cochin.org] Open Letter to the ILUG Community

[Toby Joseph]

Open Letter to the ILUG Community

Dear All, 

I always thought the objective of this group was to promote and spread the use of Linux and other Free Software among all sections of society. To make such statements like Mr. Madhu Kannan just did is to say that either the ILUG members are inept at solving technical queries when it comes to matters other than 'high funda programming', as he puts it across, and networking or that ILUG does not promote Linux for any purposes other than the two above or that Linux is not a good OS for gaming and multimedia, none of which are true. As a Linux enthusiast and an avid gamer myself, I feel hurt by such statements and hope that they are not repeated again in the future. Otherwise, newcomers to Linux, who obviously are no experts, would feel discouraged and tend to classify it as a geek-friendly OS, a popular misconception which many have tried hard to dispel.

Just how exactly do you think all those Linux experts came to be experts in the first place? I daresay they too were beginners when they started using Linux. If they had not received enough support from other Linux users, they probably would have abandoned Linux in favour of more user-friendly and sometimes even proprietary operating systems. All that work done on improving the user interface to make Linux more user-friendly in a bid to appeal to newcomers and beginners would have gone down the drain if Linux was meant to be used only by programmers and network adminstrators.

Regards,
Toby
 
ya ya you should only ask questions about some high funda programming
networking etc... questions about playing music and games are against the
"intended purpose" of this group . :-)



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