[Ubuntu-be] Flemish ministry of education distributes Ubuntu

[Philippe De Ryck]

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 18:25 +0100, Toni Van Remortel wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 00:30 +0100, Philippe De Ryck wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 19:05 +0100, Toni Van Remortel wrote:
> > > What info do you want to 'provide'? Open source on Windows is already
> > > collected in lists about 100 times.
> > 
> > I haven't given this topic much thought yet, but I was definitely
> > thinking about the usage of linux, not windows. Maybe some specific info
> > for schools (where good sysadmins are scarce) about the specific
> > advantage of linux (price, stability, flexibility) over MS windows. I
> > think a lot of people are scared by linux, which may not be
> > necessary ...
> 
> The problem is that way too much specific software is used in higher
> education. If I could find Linux versions for all required software, I
> would switch all workstations. But that is just impossible today.
> 
> > This can maybe be solved by providing complete and up to date solutions
> > that can replace a specific windows situation. For instance, the linux
> > alternative to share a folder with some specific permissions. Of course
> > a lot of this info already exists on the net, but may be to elaborate
> > for small use.
> 
> Might be usefull to collect it all, if not already done offcourse.
> 
> > Also listings of educational and field-specific programs. Maybe a list
> > of programs that run in wine (and how). I'm working on one program these
> > weeks, but hope to get a lot more running on wine.
> 
> These days, it is very difficult to run todays apps on Wine, as they
> require too much functionality from Windows. And that is something wine
> still cannot solve. Sad, but true.

The apps I'm talking about are small simple apps, that don't require a
lot of other stuff. Hopefully I'll be able to get at least some running
on wine.

I'll give this topic some thought, and maybe I'll come up with a good
idea or something.

Greets

Philippe