Edubuntu is still going. Also GNOME runs perfectly on my 1GHz desktop,
so I don't think you *need* to look at Xubuntu. Just make sure you
have a decent amount of RAM.
Cofion,
Neil
P.S. Sorry for the top post.
On 8/7/10, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote:
On 06/08/10 23:41, Chris Rowson wrote:
Edubuntu is still going. Also GNOME runs perfectly on my 1GHz desktop,
so I don't think you *need* to look at Xubuntu. Just make sure you
have a decent amount of RAM.
Cofion,
Neil
Thanks, loads of suggestions there for me to be going on with! I think I've
got a Lucid CD somewhere about so
Edubuntu is still going. Also GNOME runs perfectly on my 1GHz desktop,
so I don't think you *need* to look at Xubuntu. Just make sure you
have a decent amount of RAM.
Cofion,
Neil
Thanks, loads of suggestions there for me to be going on with! I think I've
got a Lucid CD somewhere about
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 22:38 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
snip
Anyway I'm off to install the other apps folk suggested and then the
kids at the after school club can have a Linux laptop to muck about
on. Might be worth asking the school if they want one or two too?
I can't remember if it was
I can't remember if it was mentioned but I would suggest installing
Extreme Tux Racer, it's always a lot of fun to race a penguin down a
mountain!
My daughter is 16 on Thursday, but when she was MUCH younger she used
to really enjoy Tux Racer... in fact, I had a Linux convert in her
BECAUSE of
On 07/08/10 22:38, Chris Rowson wrote:
I actually installed edubuntu and found it's pretty good. Unfortunately
I discovered that the CDROM was broken on the laptop, and it wouldn't
boot from USB so I ended up having to do a PXE install in the end :-S
Anyway I'm off to install the other apps
On 07/08/10 22:50, Sean Miller wrote:
I can't remember if it was mentioned but I would suggest installing
Extreme Tux Racer, it's always a lot of fun to race a penguin down a
mountain!
My daughter is 16 on Thursday, but when she was MUCH younger she used
to really enjoy Tux Racer... in fact,
On 6 August 2010 21:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote:
The club is based in a church and doesn't have Internet access, so I wonder
if anyone can suggest what kind of stuff I should put on this laptop that
might be interesting for the kids to play with.
SCRATCH!!!
Scratch:
Hi folks,
I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after school
care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and after school
and during school holidays for kids from age 5 up to 12/13 or so.
The club is based in a church and doesn't have Internet access, so I
On 06/08/10 21:18, Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after
school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and
after school and during school holidays for kids from age 5 up to 12/13
or so.
The club is based in a
machine as it'll run a bit quicker.
Rob
I'll check out those apps, cheers Rob :-)
Is edubuntu still alive? ISTR that it came with a load of apps for kids?
Chris
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On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after
school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and
after school and during school holidays for kids from age 5 up to
12/13 or so.
The
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:41:03 +0100
Will Bickerstaff wrote:
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after
school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and
after school and during
On 06/08/10 23:41, Chris Rowson wrote:
Is edubuntu still alive? ISTR that it came with a load of apps for kids?
Chris
I believe it still is, I haven't looked in a while.
Rob
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