Jim, I understand your concern. One advantage of using open source software is that you have some flexibility in what you chose. For example, instead of OpenOffice you could use Abiword (http://www.abisource.com), a much lighter word processor. Many people run open source software, including Linux, on old machines with little memory or disk space.
Regards, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: NELLIE DEUTSCH <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:57:49 AM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Please be careful not to contribute to the e-divide. Jim, Thank you for the information. I had no idea. I will pass on the information to others on WE. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Share your teaching experiences: http://www.wikieducator.org/Etnirag_Online_Journal You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM, jkelly952 <[email protected]> wrote: I am sure that periodically WikiEducator gives a thought to what the average user has as their equipment to receive and help in WE's creative efforts. But in case … some of us have 256MB of RAM for operating memory, which means that going to a 1024 by 800 pixel screen gives us a blinking screen. Such screens are not easy to work or live with. We also experience a slow down in our system when we have both the Internet and OpenOffice up and running at the same time (OpenOffice recommends 512MB of RAM). Sorry if some of us do not have access to sources of funding or incomes that allow us to update our equipment. One of the reasons that I left CURRIKI.ORG was that it was very difficult to be creative when you can not work with a screen of 800 by 600 pixels, and had to work with a “blinking” 1024 by 800 pixel screen so that you could see and select from various menu options to work on screens. Jim Kelly http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jkelly952 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
