On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 19:42, Veronica Brandt wrote: > Also thinking about the ways in which Linux could be deployed > in the area of homeschooling: locally caching online books, tutorials > and other informative webpages to save on internet time and keep kids > on track; teaching programming skills; each child customising their > own account without effecting others; using older computers - saving > money ----- any more ideas?
On the thread of local caching, I've found wwwoffle to be an excellent tool for this purpose. It doesn't help you get day-time meetings going but if you weren't aware of it already, you'll certainly find it useful. For Debian: apt-get install wwwoffle Otherwise: http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/ -- Cheers, Craige. http://mcwhirter.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
