Dear Quynh Vu Do, Thankyou! The filter was exactly what I needed. I have never noticed that before, being a command-line sort of chap.
I wonder if it's possible to have the the "Education" category installed as a Unity icon? Pretty much all the new-user issues I experienced would be solved by that. Cheers, al. On 22 March 2013 14:20, Quynh Vu Do <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > 2013/3/22 Allan Kelly <[email protected]> > >> Hi, I'm a long-time Linux user (over 10 years), father and IT >> professional. My children, aged 6-12, are well used to using Linux. I've >> just installed edubuntu 12.04. >> >> My immediate impression is "what is the difference between this and >> ubuntu?" - to be honest I can't find any! I think a casual user would give >> edubuntu about 5 minutes before deleting it. I know what I'm doing, and I >> got pretty frustrated! >> >> Why? Well, the reason I installed it was to give my children an >> environment filled with educational games and things they need for school. >> Instead, they get the Unity bar filled with standard office and system >> settings icons. Finding the educational programs is not possible without >> knowing what you're looking for. All I could find is gCompris (and which >> casual user would guess that!?), and that I found by the totally >> unintuitive "Dash home" -> "Show all applications". >> >> > I have also installed Edubuntu 12.04 but under an LTSP scheme and I do not > have the Unity desktop. By default I have a classic Gnome desktop with > menus. > > maybe you have to look at the different possible choices that are offered > at the moment of installation to get this setup. > > BTW with Unity and the Dash you can filter applications by categories and > you certainly have a actegory for educational software under Edubuntu. > > Best regards > > -- > Vu Do Quynh (M.) > Hanoi, Vietnam > Blog personnel: Choses vues et vécues... <http://vdquynh.blogspot.com/> >
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