<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV> Pune (India) hosts countrys most dence engineering population in large<BR> number of engineering colleges... and each of the instituation usually helds<BR> a technical fest each year in jan-march months which lasts for around 3-6<BR> days... ( <A href="http://www.bharatiyam.net/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.bharatiyam.net/</FONT></A> will give you an idea i made this<BR> website ) there are around 15 major events covering thousands of<BR> participations....<BR><BR> now what i propose is to organise a linux confrence/fest during this time<BR> with events like<BR> 1. coding (c/perl/...)<BR> 2. artwork/look&feel (best customised desktop)<BR> 3. oss-made-desktop (best collections of oss packages to make pass general<BR> usability tests)<BR> 4. seminars on various oss topics<BR> 5. helpdesks<BR><BR> and likewise now the output of these events will provide informations like<BR> how people want and manages their linux desktops... the coding events will<BR> make familar the power tools and thus encourage people to use them...<BR><BR> (all the events using latest Fedora Core version avalible on the date)<BR><BR> the events promises large contributions from students ... prizes in form of<BR> various things like freebies and cash can be provided ....<BR><BR> looking forward to your reply..<BR></DIV></div></body></html>