[smc-discuss] ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് കഫേകളും സ്വതന്ത്രസോഫ്റ്റ്‌വെയറും

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On 9/14/13, Akhilesh B Chandran <akhileshbc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe you were talking about the software named iCafe. It's not from
> any govt. organization I believe. It's from a third party, who earns huge
> just from the ads displayed in that application. That one is written in
> .net
>
> I think the police department supported that app, because of its various
> monitoring features. And they think its effective in keeping track of the
> users in cafe!
>
> The problem of that app is that, there are lots of ads shown in that app
> which are fetched directly from the servers, which increases the internet
> bandwidth usage. And sometimes the speed of the system is affected too.
>
> So, if you were able to develop such a monitoring application minus the
> ads, then it would be a big hit. And it would definitely replaces the
> pirated versions of Windows in internet cafes with the Linux variants.
>
> Thank you :)
>
> - Sent from my Android device
> On 14 Sep 2013 15:17, "Haris Ibrahim K. V." <blucalvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had done a similar effort in Palakkad. One of the main problems was
>> that
>> there was some Government software which they had installed in order to
>> monitor all the traffic coming from within the cafe. This was mandatory
>> for
>> the operation of an internet cafe and that software did not have Linux
>> support. I did not follow up further on this.
>> On Sep 14, 2013 3:06 PM, "മഹേഷ് മുകുന്ദന്‍ | Mahesh M" <
>> maheshmukundan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We had done an attempt to convert the internet cafes around MES college
>>> way back. But it didnt gather much movement then. I think the concept is
>>> still relevant and it can be backed by the colleges/commercial FOSS
>>> entities around. If you can take it up it will be great.
>>>
>>> A plan to list out commercial entities in each town/state was also put
>>> in
>>> shelf. A consortium of these entities is still remaining as a dream.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/9/14 Nandakumar <nandakumar96 at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> രണ്ടുകൊല്ലം മുമ്പ് ഒരു ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് കഫേയില്‍ പോയപ്പോള്‍ അവിടത്തെ
>>>> കംപ്യൂട്ടറില്‍ BOSS ആണ് കണ്ടത്. സന്തോഷം തോന്നി (ബോസിനിപ്പോള്‍
>>>> എന്തുപറ്റി?). വൈറസ്സുകളെയാണ് അവര്‍ക്ക് പേടി. ഉബുണ്ടുവിന്റെ ജനപ്രീതി
>>>> വര്‍ദ്ധിയ്ക്കുകകൂടി ചെയ്ത കാലമാണല്ലോ. എന്തുകൊണ്ട് കഫേകള്‍ വഴി ഒരു
>>>> സ്വതന്ത്രസോഫ്റ്റ്‌വെയര്‍ വ്യാപനമായിക്കൂടാ? ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് മാത്രം
>>>> ഉപയോഗിയ്ക്കാനുള്ളതായതിനാല്‍ അവര്‍ക്ക് പുതിയതായി ഒന്നും
>>>> പഠിയ്ക്കേണ്ടതില്ല. ഇനി അവ ഡി.ടി.പി. സെന്ററുകളാണെങ്കില്‍ അതിന്
>>>> വിന്‍ഡോസ് ഉപയോഗിച്ചാലും (അതിന്റെ യാതൊരാവശ്യവുമില്ലെന്നറിയാഞ്ഞിട്ടല്ല)
>>>> നോഡുകളില്‍ ഗ്നു/ലിനക്സ് ഉപയോഗിയ്ക്കുമ്പോള്‍ നെറ്റ്‌വര്‍ക്കിങ്
>>>> തടസ്സങ്ങളൊന്നുമുണ്ടാകില്ലല്ലോ.
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Mahesh M
>>>
>>>
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