[DC LoCo] LINUX and GED prep.

[Kevin Cole]

Hi Denny,

 > I live out in Warrenton, VA which may be a bit far for your LoCo
 > group to handle.  However, I've been putting computers in poor
 > schools throughout Mississippi, Florida and Texas for about 10
 > years. It's been a small charitable effort that resulted in almost
 > 1600 computers being donated.

Wow! That's really great!  Is it just you or do you have a network of
businesses and/or volunteers?

 > I used to load an earlier version of Windows on the machines but I
 > have since gotten smarter and now load an appropriate version of
 > UBUNTU, depending on the RAM and MHZ available on the donated p/c.

Excellent.  Have you experimented with Fluxbuntu?  I know a few people
who've used that as a lightweight Ubuntu alternative to Xubuntu.

 > My current project is to put a few p/c's in a small learning lab
 > located in Pocahontas, VA.  You may not know where this is but its
 > down Hwy 81 about 5 hours from here.  They have a need to run a
 > G.E.D. program on these machines so I'm looking for one that will
 > run on LINUX rather than installing either VM or WINE.  Has your
 > experience with schools lead you toward a GED prep program that will
 > do this?

I don't personally, but perhaps someone on our LoCo list, as several
are involved with high schools and colleges (teachers and students).

I've CC'ed the list, and hope someone will be able to provide more
info...

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