[Hamara-devel] Fwd: Re: Promoting Hamara

Tue Mar 3 06:32:02 GMT 2015

On 03/02/2015 02:53 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>
> On 02/03/15 08:55, Raju D. Vindane wrote:
>>
>> On 03/01/2015 05:58 PM, Vikas Tara wrote
>>> Hi Raju
>> Hey Vik, Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This year I will be Adding Hamara GNU/Linux to the List as well 
>>>>>>> as a BeagleBone Black.
>>>>>>> I'll also add the Raspberry pi 2(Given to me at 
>>>>>>> HamaraConference) to the booth this time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll keep some DVDs burned with Hamara and Debian, which I will 
>>>>>>> distribute with the people.
>>> How did you get on? Would love to hear people's feedback about 
>>> hamara linux
>> We had 4 different things at our booth. 2 SBC's and 2 Operating 
>> Systems. RPi2 & BBB, as well as Debian and Hamara.
>>
>> A big *Thank you to the Hamara Design Team*. My request for some 
>> designed material for the booth was handled well by Hamara Design 
>> team. But Due to delay from my side informing the Design team of 
>> Hamara, not everything was happening on time. I informed the team 
>> late, the sent me the designs late. And I couldn't get the Hamara 
>> Flex printed for the booth.
>> But we learn from our experiences. I will get them printed soon. So I 
>> can use them for any other event next time.
> Still, thanks for the efforts you put in - let's talk about materials 
> that we can supply you for future events?

I think some swags will definitely help. I am listing some here.
     1. Good Quality Hamara Laptop Stickers (more effort should be given 
on its design and quality)
     2. DVD Covers for Hamara DVDs. ( I'll burn DVDs here)
    If you can think of any other items.

>>
>> I did kept the Hamara Flex design on an External monitor attached to 
>> one laptop. So people coming to the booth were seeing and asking 
>> about it. I was wearing the Hamara T-shirt there. Some people were 
>> curious about it. Some people who knew nothing about Linux asked 
>> "*What are the advantages you get using Hamara over Windows?*", I 
>> answered them well. I did a feature tour for people interested in 
>> Hamara.
>>
>> I also told curios people about  our efforts on *Hamara Sugam*, and 
>> its availability on different SBCs. I explained the use cases where 
>> SBC's can be used by people. Like creating Low cost Computer labs in 
>> schools. I also made them aware of our plans on creating the networks 
>> for enabling communications in remote parts of the country.
> This reinforces our current view then and also a big reason for 
> establishing the hamara project. People are unaware that these things 
> exist and the other distros are not particularly focussed on educating 
> users in this direction.
>>
>> Not everything goes smooth. I got into a *fierce discussion* with 
>> some person about Hamara. He was raising the question, "*Why are you 
>> guys doing the same thing again & again?* Instead of contributing to 
>> the main parent Projects." He was well aware with the GNU/Linux 
>> ecosystems. It was tough to talk with him, but I did handled this guy 
>> well. I assured him that we do take care of our Upstream and 
>> Downstream and will always do. We will not do what Canonical is doing 
>> with Ubuntu, taking everything from the community and returning back 
>> very little. And we are more focused on the needs and requirements of 
>> Indian users. At the end I managed him to try Hamara. He said that he 
>> will give a try to Hamara for sure.
> Well done! Yes, you will face this everywhere - but I think the 
> example you have given above more than validates your position. If 
> most people don't know about linux, then we are achieving something by 
> making them aware and focussing particularly on the needs of the 
> Indian user base.
>>
>> We were also having Debian GNU/Linux on another system. We were 
>> getting good questions and Interest there as well. On two more 
>> systems We had the RPi2 and BBB as well. Still very few people know 
>> about Single Board Computers, and were amazed to see a full computer 
>> running from a credit card sized board.
>> The school kids from nearby goverment schools were amazed as well. I 
>> had gcompris and tux paint installed on the RPi2 so these kids can 
>> play with it. I kept the Big Buck Bunny video running up on one 
>> System. The schools kids enjoyed it well.
>>
>> FYI, GMRT is the worlds largest Radio Telescopic centre. And a 
>> Science Day event happening there gets a footfall of over 20,000 
>> people in 2 days. But this year it happened only for the first day. 
>> *The second day was washed out due to heavy rains.* The booths are 
>> setup on grounds and it all was wet on the second day. The second day 
>> got cancelled and we had to wrap up there.
>>
>> Overall the event was a good experience. We did commit some mistakes, 
>> but we'll learn from it and will not repeat them again. Present along 
>> with me there were 5 more people at our booth, who handled the people 
>> with the explanations  and resolved there queries. I *will* *post the 
>> photos from the event soon* on my Diaspora account 
>> (https://joindiaspora.com/u/rajudv ).
>>
>> This experience will definitely help further in building up the 
>> Hamara GNU/Linux users and developers community and taking Hamara to 
>> more people.
>>
> Thanks again for the effort you put in, please let us know about any 
> upcoming events that you are thinking of attending?

Past couple of months have been hectic for me. I think, I should take a 
break for some duration now.
Lets focus on actual development for Hamara. Report more bugs and squash 
them.

I just forgot my Exams are coming up, Need to Study as well (Oh, I hate 
Maths). :-)  v       will

Raju
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