Objectives

• Expose students to the FOSS environment and facilitate them to use open software/ hardware.

• Promote Research & Development activities on FOSS.

• Explore various Open Source Certifications and Outreach Programmes.

• Collaborate with and contribute to various open source communities and societies.

Myths and Challenges

• Hard to adapt to change

• Stigma

• Fear of losing data

• Support system required

Student Exposure

• Orientation - Intro to FOSS

• Making contribution - Session on Git & GitHub

• Session to help students move to Linux on their pc/lap.

• Awareness of opportunities available while they are students.

• Workshops/Mentorship session for smooth usage of FOSS Software.

• Compulsory inclusion in the syllabus

• FOSS Discussions

Software Migration to FOSS

Both in LABS and PCs

• Making faculties migrate from Windows to GNU/Linux. If they want to keep Windows, Dual booting to have both Windows and GNU/Linux on their computers.

• Lab Migration - Migrate from proprietary software used in Labs to their equivalent FOSS alternatives. Suggestions are given below:

• Windows → GNU/Linux, BSD

• Turbo C → GCC / MinGW/Clang

• Matlab → Scilab / GNU Octave

• Google Docs / MS-Office → LibreOffice

• Google Meet / Zoom → BigBlueButton / Jitsi Meet

• AutoCAD → FreeCAD

• WhatsApp (class groups) → Telegram / Signal / Element (Clients using Matrix/XMPP protocol)

• Etlab / Linways / Google Classroom → Moodle

• Simulink → Xcos

• Fluent → OpenFOAM

• SPSS → R ORCAD

• PSpice → eSim

• AspenPlus/ CHEMCAD / Simsci P RO/II   → DWSIM, OpenModelica

• CYME, ERACS, PSSE, ETAP → OpenModelica and OpenIPSL

• Adobe Photoshop → GIMP

• Adobe Premiere Pro / Final Cut (other video editing s/w) → Kdenlive / Blender / Openshot

• Coreldraw, Adobe Illustrator → Inkscape

• Pagemaker, QuarkXPress, Adobe Indesign → Scribus / LaTeX

• Maya, 3D Max → Blender 3D

• Adobe Flash → Synfig Studio

• Google Drive → NextCloud / Owncloud

• Google Chrome / Edge / IE → Firefox / Chromium (or based)

• YouTube → Clients using LBRY Protocol (Odysee)

Some useful links

Scilab Lab Migration: https://scilab.in/procedure-lab-migration

Research & Development activities

• LoRaWAN Support

• Some of the projects  done by students have been open-sourced and is viewable at - tkm-ce · GitHub

Collaboration

Collaborate with and contribute to various open source communities and societies.

• ICFOSS ✔️

• RedHat Academy ✔️

• GitHub Partner School ✔️

• FOSSEE

• Talks and Conferences (FOSSASIA)

• ………