Free Software Install Fests on October 2

Latest version of IT@School GNU/Linux will be installed

September 22, 2017 01:21 am | Updated 01:21 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) will conduct ‘Free Software Install Fests’ on October 2 as part of Software Freedom Day celebrations.

The latest version of IT@School GNU/Linux will be installed free of cost in computers at the festival.

A press note here on Thursday said the IT@School GNU/Linux-based Operating System featured various applications worth over ₹1.5 lakh, including operating system, Office packages (Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Database..), DTP, Graphics and Imaging software, sound recording, video editing, animation packages, and Integrated Development Environment (IDEs) for programming, Web Server & Database server, Geographical Information System (GIS), etc.

This also contains major educational software such as Geogebra, Phet, Stellarium , Kalzium, Marble, Razmol, Gplates, Gcomprise, Pysio Game, Dr Geo, and Celestia.

Seminars

The festival is being organised at the district offices of KITE. It would also see sessions on Free Software by experts, Q&A sessions, and seminars. Students of the Hi-School Kuttikoottam group from selected schools would be given specific training during the event.

Software Freedom Day aims at creating public awareness of the benefits and scope of using quality Free Software applications in all domains of life.

The State government had already issued guidelines insisting on the use of only Free and open-source software (FOSS) applications at schools and government offices.

“IT@School (KITE) would not be able to come up with such extensive ICT education programme if the proprietary software was in place and as a social responsibility, we are taking up this big task from Gandhi Jayanti Day. As a continuing process, we would be conducting similar programmes in each of the 163 education sub-districts in the State and then at each school,” said K. Anvar Sadath, vice chairman and executive director, KITE.

Those who like to participate in the festival have to register at the “Install Fest Registration” link available on www.kite.kerala.gov.in before September 26, the press note added.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.