<div><div>Sweet, 15 minutes to download the edubuntu beta is a lot better than the 6 hours left on my current download.<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
From: Steve Pomeroy <<a href="mailto:steve@staticfree.info" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">steve@staticfree.info</a>><br>Subject: ML Ubuntu mirror has 7.10 beta<br>To: Ubuntu MA <
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<br><br>It's not the official US mirror, but it's damn fast if you're on I2.
<br><a href="http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/7.10/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/7.10/</a><br><br>--<br>Steve Pomeroy</blockquote>
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By the way, I just joined the edubuntu-users and edubuntu-devel mailing
lists. I'd like to do some development work on the project since I ran
across a few things that I really wasn't happy about while setting up a
workstation for my friend's special needs students. I haven't tried edubuntu gutsy yet, so I'm not sure if these are fixed yet or not:<br><br>-- In GCompris, the
help menus are mostly meaningless, and some games didn't work according
to their own directions.<br><br>-- After installation, it installed the basic ubuntu packages, without GCompris and the rest of the educational games, only the default gnome games. I was able to use them while running from the live cd, but not after installation. I couldn't install them from the cd, and that box has no network card. I had to reboot to the live cd to be able to use them.
<br><br>-- Compiz was installed automatically, and removing it would be "scary" to most users. I doubt many edubuntu PCs will be using Compiz. Upon removing the package, it automatically marks "edubuntu desktop" for removal as well. The "edubuntu desktop" package is just a package that depends on all the default apps, but I'll bet that if a new user saw that message they'd abandon what they were doing for fear of breaking it.
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Well, I've probably taken more of your time than needed. I'll voice these opinions (and others) with the edubuntu teams, and see what I can do to help them out. I just wish I had started with this a bit before a release. Oh well, there's always Hardy Heron!
<br><br>Hope you all have fun at the meeting tonight.<br>