On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Linux user group is setting up one desktop computer and one laptop > computer for lending to our local library as an educational resource for > folks who want to explore what Linux is all about. We are using Debian 9 > for now. >
Great initiative. May I know the location of this library? > I am open to any suggestions for standard packages we should add. I have > already installed gcc and friends as well as Scilab, R, Perl 6, and some > other stuff, including emacs. > Two things: 1) Please make it "very easy" to request and install new packages. No matter what set of packages are installed at first, there will be a few packages that a few users would like to see. So putting a big fat notice as to how to get new software installed would go a long way. 2) Please install python3 and the relevant libraries such as numpy, pandas etc., > I would especially appreciate other ideas for programming editors for novice > programmers. I recommend vim and zim. The former is great for writing code and the latter is great for planning and organization. -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi | http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Blog