[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 26

[Robin Menneer]

On 3/16/07, TheVeech <theveech at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, and welcome.
>
> I had a quick look and came across:
> http://www.linuxmednews.com/
> but you'll have to see how valuable a resource this is.
>
> Secondly, you might want to try looking yourself.  I have come across
> specific medical projects, but if you start looking for yourself now,
> this will stand you in better stead later on.  What follows are some
> general sources.
>
> Try:
>
> 1) System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
> Use the search facility and tinker with that a bit.
>
> 2) Take a look at some of the following links:
> http://www.gnomefiles.org/
> http://www.kde-apps.org/
> http://www.osalt.com/
> http://linuxappfinder.com/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Software
>
Thank you for these fruitful addresses which I would like to have had
thrown at me
 when I first joined Ubuntu.  Are there others lurking out there
unknown except to to those who know too much for them to be of use ?
Us thickies are more helpless than often realised.

> 3) The final link is something I'm gradually working on whenever I've
> got some spare time (any assistance would be very welcome).  When you
> find something and it's not included there, add it to this page, or
> email me the details and screenshot(s) and I'll stick it up.
>
> 4) Lurk around the Ubuntu Forums (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/), and
> search for the discussions with people outlining their favourite
> software (and for medical discussions, if any).  Also take a look at the
> Ubuntu documentation pages.
>
> 5) Don't forget that there may be software available that isn't
> available in the Ubuntu repositories.  Again, you'll have to look into
> how to install these packages.
>
> Good luck, and remember: when you get more knowledgeable, try to
> contribute something for all this free software you're getting.  Your
> particular field may need strengthening.  Don't forget, if the people
> who make our software hadn't contributed, we wouldn't be using it.
>
> All the best.
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:31 +0000, Timothy Rittman wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm a recent convert to Linux (after accidentally wiping
> > my harddrive and not wanting to put windows back on it -
> > long story!).
> >
> > I'm also a doctor, so I'm really glad to see the e-mail
> > below. I've worked a bit in Zambia and one of the
> > challenges in the rural hospital I worked in was
> > collecting data about patients on Anti-retrovirals to a
> > sufficiently high standard to keep funders happy. Do
> > people know of other low-cost similar open source
> > health-related software?
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:36:53 +0000
> >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 7
> > > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:19:40 +0000
> > >From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
> > ><matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>
> > > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu used in the fight against
> > >AIDS
> > > To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > Message-ID:
> > >     <20070316061940.qd7g10kxwkggkkog at webmail.truthisfreedom.org.uk>
> > > Content-Type:
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> > >     format="flowed"
> > >
> > > Mornign all,
> > >
> > >For those of you who don't subscribe to the fridge RSS
> > >feed, I found
> > > this in my inbox this morning:
> > >
> > > http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/820
> > >
> > > =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=
> > >
> > > iDart, or the intelligent Dispensing of Antiretroviral
> > >Treatment
> >
> >
> > This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com
> >
>
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