The day started with a little worry about getting less participants .
But as it's said "the show must go on".The meeting started sharp at 12:30.
We had 7-8 new faces among us,the GD members.Most here to get answers about their querries, doubts and some here to learn and experience something new.
The meeting began with , registration form made by Rimpy ,which attracted students even before the meeting started.
The meeting began with me compering,I began with something the freshers could feel comfortable with.My own experience with windows and linux was the point i started my interaction with, trying to give them a simple idea about LINUX and it being equivalant to windows,and why it should be preferred.
Next was Sandeep's turn to motivate and enlighten them about the vast world of LINUX, they were to peep into.She gave them knowledge about the FOSS(Free and Open Source Softwares), the value of getting softwares free of cost, along with licnec to explore them.
Pesentations made by GD members on their projects like ,BRL-CAD by Devinder and Harman was the element of surprise for Mechanical students present, as they had no idea of a free software that could compete with Autocad .
Jaspreet's persentation was the one that excited students. Sagemath presentation by Priyanka was something I liked.Few good words of advice from a GD hacker,Gagan, with his awesome example comparing Microsoft and Linux, is something not easy to forget and yes it was funny :D
Last came the moment awaited by everyone, HS Rai ,sir giving his speech to the newbies.I have heard so many motivational talks, but the passion he had and his ideology was remarkable.His examples left me speechless,the story of a captain and boat, still makes me remember the day i backed out,and installed windows.:/
The meeting even without much crowd was a big success, the new students liked the presentations and motivated by sir's talks , showed their interest in opensource programming. Some even asked for Ubuntu. :D
