# HG changeset patch
# User Anoop Jacob Thomas<anoop@fossee.in>
# Date 1305571637 -19800
# Node ID 7b6628563bd44bc9ec148815ab2e517d1aa1bcf3
# Parent  364a9b5cf21d317af30a8ac91ff5aeb529db2777
Added info on windows replacement windows.org.

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+#+TITLE:     Replacements for Windows Operating System
+#+AUTHOR:    Anoop Jacob Thomas
+#+EMAIL:     info@fossee.in
+#+DATE:      2011-05-10 Tue
+#+DESCRIPTION: 
+#+KEYWORDS: 
+#+LANGUAGE:  en
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+#+OPTIONS:   TeX:t LaTeX:t skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil tags:not-in-toc email:nil author:nil timestamp:nil creator:nil
+#+INFOJS_OPT: view:t home:software.html toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js
+#+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS: export
+#+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport
+#+LINK_UP:   
+#+LINK_HOME: 
+#+XSLT: 
+
+* GNU/Linux (/Recommended/)
+** About GNU/Linux
+GNU/Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems
+using the Linux kernel. Linux can be installed on a wide variety of
+computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers and
+video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers. GNU/Linux is a
+leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest
+supercomputers in the world. http://www.gnu.org/
+
+There are several distributions of GNU/Linux available. A Linux
+distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems
+built on top of the Linux kernel. There are currently over six hundred
+GNU/Linux distributions. Some of the commonly used distributions are;
+
+1. Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com
+2. Debian - http://www.debian.org
+3. Red Hat Linux -  http://www.redhat.com
+4. Fedora - http://fedoraproject.org/
+5. Open suse - http://www.opensuse.org
+
+#** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where GNU/Linux can be used
+#   - yet to be added
+
+* Where GNU/Linux can be used
+
+    - General purpose computing
+    - Administration and organization
+    - Computer Science and Information Technology (and all related areas and subdomains)
+    - Electrical and Electronics Engineering (and all related areas and subdomains)
+    - Mechanical Engineering
+    - Civil Engineering
+    - Chemical Engineering
+    - Aerospace
+    - Physics
+    - Chemistry
+    - Biology, Biomedical engineering and Bio-informatics
+    - Mathematics and Statistics
+
+** Learning Resources for GNU/Linux
+   - The Linux Documentation Project: http://tldp.org/
+   - Spoken Tutorials: http://spoken-tutorial.org/Study_Plan_Linux
+   - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/newto/
+   - https://help.ubuntu.com/
+   - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/start.en.html
+
+** Support
+   - Canonical
+   - Red Hat
+   - Novell
+   - IBM
+
+** Where GNU/Linux is used
+    - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
+    - Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune
+    - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
+    - Indian Institute of Technology Madras
+    - IT@School, Kerala