At 10:42 AM 12/12/2005 -0500, Bonney wrote:
I know school software , most of it. I am not familiar from experiencial
working with CTCnet communities as to what people install on computers
that are
likely not to be internet connected.
I am aware that there is lots of great free stuff on the Internet, but the
concern is that the people may not keep up the Internet connection.
I have been limited to the cost of $40.00 .. The idea being that it has to be
affordable.
The problem is thinking of paying more than $0 for software. There's a HUGE
jump from
full-featured FREE software to anything sold commercially. See:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.edubuntu.org/
http://k12ltsp.org/contents.html
for FREE full-featured sets of software that runs on FREE Linux operating
systems
and runs well on those "Too Old" Pentium I and II machines.
Look at what EdBuntu says they supply:
----( copy )----------------
Edubuntu is suitable for both desktop and server use. Edubuntu 5.10 also
includes a built-in Linux terminal server that can run several LOW end
machines with no hard drives. The current Edbuntu release supports Intel
x86 (IBM-compatible PC) and AMD64 (Hammer) architectures.
Edubuntu includes more than 16,000 pieces of software, but the core
installation fits on a single CD. Edubuntu starts with the Linux kernel
version 2.6 and Gnome 2.12, and covers every standard desktop application
from word processing and spreadsheet applications, educational software
(such as GCompris and the KDE education suite) to internet access
applications, web server software, email software, programming languages
and tools and of course several games
--( end)------------
Is THAT the right price???
Regards, Terry King ...On The Mediterranean in Carthage, Tunisia
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