User talk:Cslinux

Project: NetCS We are the students of University of Pune. Our syllabus has been newly reconstructed on the basis of open source (LAMP, postgres etc.). But the faculties are facing loads of challenges in adapting to tedious installation & configuration process. This is resulting in lot of practical problems due to which knowledge gained by these students is mediocre, which was not intended by the University. Basic aim of University was to spread knowledge & awareness of open source (LAMP, postgres etc.). Thus, to overcome main challenges (such as installation, configuration of software applications, patching etc. required frequently by the students) we are planning to develop an application which would install/uninstall, configure, manage application specific users, and start/stop services. To eliminate hurdles due to the dependencies of libraries, we are planning to compile the source of each application (such as LAMP, postgres, multimedia player (XMMS)) statically. By doing this we will be able to simplify installation & configuration process & reduce it to a minimal set of clicks. This tool can be used on a stand alone machine as well as on LAN i.e. sitting on a server an administrator can run application on any machine in LAN.

Reasons for developing this project: •	Reason for static compilation of source files is to remove the dependency hurdles (which most of the times cause the failure during installation of any package.)	Some students are very naïve to LINUX OS & it is very impractical to expect them to understand various dependencies, configuration, patching required for specific application even before using it. These statically compiled applications will encapsulate difficulties & hide user from details of how to install, configure, patch etc. •	This may seem to be a very average & simple attempt but we think that this user friendliness will help many students, who are now hesitating to use LINUX, to enter the world of open source. We think that this will surely spread awareness of open source. •	This is our academic project & we have time limit constraint of 4-6 weeks but we think that our contribution is going to help many students & also teachers in many ways.