On 3/16/07, TheVeech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, and welcome. > > I had a quick look and came across: > http://www.linuxmednews.com/ > but you'll have to see how valuable a resource this is. > > Secondly, you might want to try looking yourself. I have come across > specific medical projects, but if you start looking for yourself now, > this will stand you in better stead later on. What follows are some > general sources. > > Try: > > 1) System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager > Use the search facility and tinker with that a bit. > > 2) Take a look at some of the following links: > http://www.gnomefiles.org/ > http://www.kde-apps.org/ > http://www.osalt.com/ > http://linuxappfinder.com/ > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Software > Thank you for these fruitful addresses which I would like to have had thrown at me when I first joined Ubuntu. Are there others lurking out there unknown except to to those who know too much for them to be of use ? Us thickies are more helpless than often realised.
> 3) The final link is something I'm gradually working on whenever I've > got some spare time (any assistance would be very welcome). When you > find something and it's not included there, add it to this page, or > email me the details and screenshot(s) and I'll stick it up. > > 4) Lurk around the Ubuntu Forums (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/), and > search for the discussions with people outlining their favourite > software (and for medical discussions, if any). Also take a look at the > Ubuntu documentation pages. > > 5) Don't forget that there may be software available that isn't > available in the Ubuntu repositories. Again, you'll have to look into > how to install these packages. > > Good luck, and remember: when you get more knowledgeable, try to > contribute something for all this free software you're getting. Your > particular field may need strengthening. Don't forget, if the people > who make our software hadn't contributed, we wouldn't be using it. > > All the best. > > > On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:31 +0000, Timothy Rittman wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm a recent convert to Linux (after accidentally wiping > > my harddrive and not wanting to put windows back on it - > > long story!). > > > > I'm also a doctor, so I'm really glad to see the e-mail > > below. I've worked a bit in Zambia and one of the > > challenges in the rural hospital I worked in was > > collecting data about patients on Anti-retrovirals to a > > sufficiently high standard to keep funders happy. Do > > people know of other low-cost similar open source > > health-related software? > > > > All the best, > > > > Tim > > > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:36:53 +0000 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 7 > > > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:19:40 +0000 > > >From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu used in the fight against > > >AIDS > > > To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > > > Message-ID: > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Content-Type: > > >text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > > > format="flowed" > > > > > > Mornign all, > > > > > >For those of you who don't subscribe to the fridge RSS > > >feed, I found > > > this in my inbox this morning: > > > > > > http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/820 > > > > > > =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.= > > > > > > iDart, or the intelligent Dispensing of Antiretroviral > > >Treatment > > > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - > > www.blackspider.com > > > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
