----- Original Message -----
From: "etharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LinuxNewbie (E-mail)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] RE: Use of Linux (in public schools)
> Ok, and do you know of a URL for LUGs?
>
> On Thursday 12 July 2001 08:51, Mark Johnson wrote:
> > I heard recently (from my wife, can't confirm the specifics)
> > that MS is suing a very poor public school in Philadelphia
> > for making copies of Windows for its students to run in its
> > classrooms. It seems that for such a school (and really any
> > school) that linux would be just a perfect fit.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any elementary and secondary schools
> > using linux? I know many, many colleges are, but I'm more
> > curious to know about other schools.
I'm a student admin at my high school. Independence High (3800 + Students)
and we currently have linux running on quite a few computers
> >
> > I could imagine all sorts of really cool things that students
> > and teachers could do with linux. I would think that ISPs
> > could donate or discount an internet connection so that the
> > students and teachers could learn about setting up a LAN
> > connected to the internet; bring up some private news and IRC
> > servers for discussing homework; develop virtual web sites to
> > show case student work, syllabuses(sp?), and message boards,
> > etc...
We currently have networking 1, 2, and 3 and they not only teach microsoft,
linux, and novell.
> >They could use the OpenOffice, it would probably be
> > possible for some of them to run linux at home. If people
> > would recycle and donate there old systems to the schools
> > they could have contents for students to win those computers
> > for home. We have a Goodwill Computer works in here in my
> > town with some descent systems available that could easily
> > run linux and even X. (I've heard some parts of the east
> > coast have been having lead problems will old moniters begin
> > tossed out - I shudder to think people are dumping thier
> > computers in dumpsters!!!)
> >
> > It would be really exciting i think -- but maybe I'm too much
> > of a geek. You'd really have to have buy in from the
> > teachers and staff... most likely, except for a few of them,
> > will probably be too terrified of computers in general to
> > even contemplate using linux...I would think local LUGs could
> > train teachers and staff so they could become much more
> > comfortable with the whole thing.
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Jeferson Lopes Zacco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:51 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
> > > >
> > > > Speaking seriously now, If I ever get to be a good C/C++
> > > > programmer and ever manage to understand QT libraries and
> > > > whatever it takes to make programs for KDE/Gnome/X than
> > > > I really plan on releasing a ChildDesktop for Linux.
> > >
> > > What a FANASTIC idea!!!!
>
>
