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1. On the 1st day of his visit, Stallman inaugurated 3 GNU Labs, fully equipped with e-Swecha. The GNU Labs were setup in the below colleges:

1. TRR Engineering College, Patancheru.
2. Mallareddi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kompally
3. CMEC, Kompally

2. 1400 students from 70 colleges gathered up to listen to the talk by Richard M. Stallman at Harihara Kala Bhavan. Stallman spoke about the importance of eliminating DRM(Digital Restrictions Management). He also stressed on the importance of e-Swecha for students. He gave a call for all to set up GNU Labs in Engineering colleges.

Quoting Richard M. Stallman's words during his visit to Hyderabad,

“All Engineering colleges should set up GNU Labs in their colleges"

His call gave many a college, to take the freedom path. Many colleges have opted to set up GNU Labs, which would become an asset for them. We encourage and extend our support to all those Engineering colleges who are willing to step forward in setting up GNU Labs.

We appreciate all the Engineering colleges which have ported their Labs to GNU/e-Swecha and also those which are willing to port theirs too.

For technical details and enquiries please drop a mail to [ eswecha -at- swecha -dot- net ]

“National Convention on Free Software Declaration”

March 4, 2007

Information Technology is revolutionizing the way people communicate with other and the way companies run their business. The new space – the cyber space—has facilitated the people around the globe to organize and exchange knowledge, goods and services on a global scale. Mailing lists, forums and online communities are a few forms in which people around the globe organize and exchange ideas, independent of space and time. Encyclopedias made by communities (groups in the cyberspace) are gaining acceptability. While IT and global connectivity has the enormous potential of communities of people in different parts of the world working together for a better future, it can also lead to increasing monopoly of power by a few corporations. In order to fulfill the promise of IT and global connectivity be monopolized by proprietary software and proprietary systems.

ప్రత్యక్షంగానో పరోక్షంగానో మనం ఫ్రీ సాఫ్ట్‌వేర్‌ను వాడుతున్నాము. ఫ్రీ సాఫ్ట్‌వేర్ వాడకం రోజు రోజుకి పెరుగుతోంది. దీని వాడకం వల్ల మనకు ఇతర సాఫ్ట్‌వేర్‌లో లేని ఎన్నొ హక్కులు మనకు వస్తాయి.

ఆఫీస్ అవసరాలకు వాడే సాఫ్ట్వేర్ని ఆఫీస్ సూట్ అంటారు. ఒక సాదారణ ఆఫిస్ సూట్లొ వ్యాసాలు రాయవచ్చు, ప్రసెంటేషన్లు ఇవ్వవచ్చు, కంపెనీ ఖతాలు దాచటం వంటి పనులతొ పాటూ మరెన్నో పనులు కూడా చెయ్యవచ్చు.

Swecha is a project aimed at coming out with a localised version of GNU/Linux in Telugu. The target users of the distro being the entire community that is a prey of the digital divide. This project helps in coming out with a solution for the digital divide and allows the possibility of digital unite becoming a reality.
Commencement of the Project: