Welcome to spreadlinux.org.in

About this website

This website is developed in intention of helping out people in their path to using Linux for all their practical needs. The articles in this website are mostly based on Fedora Distribution (though the steps might be common with other distributions as well)

This website is completely developed using Open Source Tools (list given below ) by me on Fedora Core 6 Linux Distribution using BSNL DataOne Broadband for Internet connectivity

List of Tools used:

- nvu html web editor (for editing this web page in WYSIWYG mode)

- GIMP (for resizing images)

- Firefox (for testing the web pages)

Official Fedora Website Fedora Project.

What is Linux?

The History

Why we need to promote Open Source Tools ?

- To know more about the inner working of various tools we use.

- Developing Countries like India can't afford to spend large sums of money on licensing fee for proprietary software.

How can I promote Linux in my community?

- Write howto's kind of articles on your blogs, websites or print articles. This is what I am doing here..

- Show the open source tools at work to different people to gain confidence from them

- Try to think of a open source solution for the problem at hand.

- Help Students gain knowledge on OpenSource, since they pickup skills faster than people who are already trained in Proprietary Software (since changing the mindset of this people is difficult)

Each of us can do our part. I wish the best of luck to each of you.

Inspirational thought on using OpenSource by our President

Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“The most unfortunate thing is that India still seems to believe in proprietary solutions. Further spread of IT which is influencing the daily life of individuals would have a devastating effect on the lives of society due to any small shift in the business practice involving these proprietary solutions. It is precisely for these reasons open source software needs to be built which would be cost effective for the entire society”