[Ambassadors] Self Introduction of Bigyan Bhar

"Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" foss.mailinglists at gmail.com
Fri Jun 6 04:10:03 UTC 2008


Welcome. We have a few folks from Kolkata on this (ie fedora-india) list 
and it would be awesome if you could join forces

~sankarshan

BiGYaN wrote:
> My name is Bigyan Bhar. I live in Kolkata, India.
> 
> My Blog : BiGYaN's Random Thoughts <http://naygib.blogspot.com/>
> Fedora Wiki : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki 
> <tr_1212562931298>/User:Bigyan <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bigyan>
> 
> Currently I am pursuing a Post Graduation degree at the University of 
> Calcutta with Computer Science and Engineering. I completed my B.Sc. in 
> Computer Science in 2006.
> 
> My love affair with computers began back in 1997 when I had my first 
> course in BASIC programming language in my school. Got my first PC in 
> 2001 with Windows 98. In 2002 I saw Linux for the first time at a 
> friend's place. I was willing to try it out, but did not have the 
> courage to install it myself. Finally I took the plunge with Red Hat 9 
> in Aug 2003.
> 
>  From then I have been using Linux regularly for the past 5 years or so. 
> I installed and used all the Fedora OSs right from Fedora Core 1 to 
> Fedora 8. So I have become a Fedora help-out guy amongst my peer group 
> who regularly come to me for all their Linux related problems.
> 
> Personally I feel that the most important thing hindering the popularity 
> of Fedora is the lack of awareness. Most people around me have wrong 
> opinions about Fedora, like the unavailability of drivers, which is now 
> a distant history. I am not the MS basher type, and I do agree that 
> Windows has revolutionized the PC experience. But Fedora comes with its 
> own very unique set of advantages which people should consider while 
> choosing their OS. I think that this Ambassador program is a great 
> opportunity for Linux lovers like us to do exactly that and spread the 
> word around for Fedora.
> 
> from,
> Bigyan
> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bigyan>
> -- 
> Check out my Blog :
> http://naygib.blogspot.com/


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