[ale] Linux in DeKalb County Schools

[zeb]

David Hillman wrote:
> That is good news!  I bet a lot of people have sound cards that can be 
> donated.  That site probably uses Adobe Flash.  I still have trouble 
> with Flash on Linux.  Isn't OpenSuse rpm-based, just like Redhat?  It 
> might be worth it to just install Ubuntu or Kubuntu on the boxes. 
>  Linux is way more hackable and flexible than Windows, perfect for 
> education.  I remember we had some Sun workstation boxes in my school. 
>  Someone had donated them.  Those were wonderful machines.
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:10 AM, <jwkite at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jwkite at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I was at my son's school this morning and thrilled when I looked
>     at the computers in his second grade classroom. One was running XP
>     and the other two were running Open Suse. I really respect his
>     teacher and asked if the kids have any trobules with the Linux
>     boxes. She stated only that those machines "don't have sound
>     cards" and that the kids cannot use a particular education site
>     (encompasslearning).
>
>     Is anyone familiar with what the county is doing with Linux or
>     technology in general?  I would be glad to volunteer to either
>     donate sound cards and configure them or (as I suspect) fix any
>     driver issues plus install required software (e.g. Flash), but I'm
>     afraid of what kind of red tape I may encounter. I also have no
>     experience with OpenSuse (for better or worse I'm an old Mandrake
>     turned Ubuntu user), but that shouldn't stop me.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Josh Kite
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I am in the process of reducing basement clutter.  "Clutter" includes a 
shoebox of sound cards, to which you are welcome if you come and get them.

Regards. Zeb