Le Lundi 11 D�cembre 2000 00:44, Barrett Conrad a �crit : > Debian Jr folks, > Hi there. I am Barrett Conrad of the New Orleans Technology Assistance > Program, part of Tulane University's CACTUS (Community Action Council of > Tulane University Students). We are a newly formed group of students, > mostly from the Computer Science department, that is developing a project > to help "bridge the digital divide" here in New Orleans.
Good idea. Congratulations. > We have gathered > a number of old computer parts to assemble and build a network of > x-terminals, running Linux, within an existing community project. We have done that (not yet documented !) to equip a primary school in Belgium: I suggest you go with the LTSP tools (www.ltsp.org) to set up the servers and clients. Our clients are 486 and >, with only 8MB Ram, a VGA or SVGA screen and a simple network card. The server is a "strong" machine. I have hints for the network too. > We plan > to use this setup as easy access to the internet, word processing, and > other tools, as well as being a resource for skill building and education > of both technical and non-technical material. Fot the work processor, look for something really simple and not ungry: I am convinced LYX or KLYX are the best as they also impose the user to look at the content before looking at the form. Same with other tools: remember KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid - it is always a good start. > We have also been looking > around for software that can be easily used and helpful (and of course > entertaining) to our children. Our search has brought us to Debian Jr. > Besides Debian being the Linux distribution we chose to use, Good idea for the easy maintenance. > the Debian Jr > project looks to be a great asset to our project. My purpose in posting to > this list it to offer our project as a testing ground for Debian Jr to both > improve our project and Debian Jr. As I have tried to follow the progress > of Debian Jr, I have see that many of you have tested it on your own > children, but I think we could offer you a place to test Debian Jr in a > larger and more educational setting. For applications, look at projects like www.seul.org/edu of freeduc to start. We have also decided to go for LOGO as it appears to be the best programming tool for children. LOGO appears to be not aonly a programming language, but also a tool to learn geometry, to struture the thought, to have children collaborating on a project ... About LOGO, I have a need for help: we need a free, open-source, multilingual LOGO that runs on GNU/Linux. There are some open, but not multilingual. Apparently there is a good, pretty windows version that is open-source MSWLogo see http://www.softronix.com/logo.html It is Borland C++ 5.02 and exists in English, German , Portuguese, Japanese and French. Does any of you know enough C++ (I don't !) to try and compile this on GNU/Linux with a library like WINE for example. I suppose this is not to complicated for the one who knows ! Thanks already for the help. I am also implied in the developpement of a JAvalogo, but this one is not yet open-source and is for the moment mainly French. If any of you would like more info, please ask. > I would also like to know if any of > you have tried projects similar to the one we are attempting and what > successes (and failures) you have had with them. I hope that we can find > each other of some help and we look forward to working with you. Please do not hesitate to ask questions. I am now (at least) building a site telling all we did. > > Thank you, > Barrett Conrad > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best regards, Nicolas -- Nicolas Pettiaux Avenue du P�rou 29 - B-1000 Bruxelles Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
