Re: [marketing] Re: 55 000 OpenOffice.org versions for students in France
Hi Alan, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > sophie wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> For information, 55 000 laptops will be distributed to students and >> teachers in one department of France (Oise). They will be prepared with >> OpenOffice.org. Unfortunately they will be under Vista, but they have a >> lot of free educational resources on them. > > The OOo part of the story is great! Thanks Sophie. > > I've mentioned it on the UK's Open Source Schools project: > http://opensourceschools.org.uk/french-example.html Thank you very much! Kind regards Sophie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
Re: [marketing] 55 000 OpenOffice.org versions for students in France
Hi Lars, Lars Noodén wrote: > sophie wrote: >> For information, 55 000 laptops will be distributed to students and >> teachers in one department of France (Oise). They will be prepared with >> OpenOffice.org. > > Tremendous. > >> Unfortunately they will be under Vista, but they have a >> lot of free educational resources on them. > > That part is an unmitigated disaster. I run into students all the time > that got stuck with Vista on cheap-ass laptops. It causes no end of > pain and disappointment for them. Eventually either they end up > "finding" XP somewhere, something I don't condone either -- there is > never a legit excuse to allow Windows -- or they eventually end up > "dual" boot with Ubuntu or Fedora. I put the dual in quotes because > once Linux is on there, MS Vista is seldom used -- it sucks to badly -- > and eventually leaves the disk. I fully agree with you. > > Here are some quick fixes for the Vista problems that will improve the > performance of OOo and other applications: > > http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot > http://apcmag.com/why_vistas_such_a_pain_to_dualboot.htm > > There might be French equivalents of the above links somewhere. With > care, we can avoid the suckitude of Vista dragging down legitimate > software. Thank you for the links, I'll keep them bookmarked. > >> This operation is known as Ordi60 in France and we were waiting for the >> results since some time now. After USB Key in Ile de France (220 000), >> CDs in Auvergne (64 000), this is the third department to provide OOo to >> their students! > > I remember the announcement of the USB key project. What were the results? Great, there is a dedicated site where the Key is maintained, with forums, documentations and so on, see: http://www.campusb.fr/communaute/ I met the webmasters last year and they were very happy with the results. > >> An article in French can be found here >> http://www.silicon.fr/fr/news/2009/01/23/55_000_collegiens_equipes_d_un_ordinateur_portable_dans_l_oise_ > > I've made a link from the Major OpenOffice.org Deployments wiki page, it > may need correcting: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments#Europe Thank you! Kind regards Sophie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
[marketing] Re: 55 000 OpenOffice.org versions for students in France
sophie wrote: Hi all, For information, 55 000 laptops will be distributed to students and teachers in one department of France (Oise). They will be prepared with OpenOffice.org. Unfortunately they will be under Vista, but they have a lot of free educational resources on them. The OOo part of the story is great! Thanks Sophie. I've mentioned it on the UK's Open Source Schools project: http://opensourceschools.org.uk/french-example.html Alan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
Re: [marketing] 55 000 OpenOffice.org versions for students in France
sophie wrote: > For information, 55 000 laptops will be distributed to students and > teachers in one department of France (Oise). They will be prepared with > OpenOffice.org. Tremendous. > Unfortunately they will be under Vista, but they have a > lot of free educational resources on them. That part is an unmitigated disaster. I run into students all the time that got stuck with Vista on cheap-ass laptops. It causes no end of pain and disappointment for them. Eventually either they end up "finding" XP somewhere, something I don't condone either -- there is never a legit excuse to allow Windows -- or they eventually end up "dual" boot with Ubuntu or Fedora. I put the dual in quotes because once Linux is on there, MS Vista is seldom used -- it sucks to badly -- and eventually leaves the disk. Here are some quick fixes for the Vista problems that will improve the performance of OOo and other applications: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot http://apcmag.com/why_vistas_such_a_pain_to_dualboot.htm There might be French equivalents of the above links somewhere. With care, we can avoid the suckitude of Vista dragging down legitimate software. > This operation is known as Ordi60 in France and we were waiting for the > results since some time now. After USB Key in Ile de France (220 000), > CDs in Auvergne (64 000), this is the third department to provide OOo to > their students! I remember the announcement of the USB key project. What were the results? > An article in French can be found here > http://www.silicon.fr/fr/news/2009/01/23/55_000_collegiens_equipes_d_un_ordinateur_portable_dans_l_oise_ I've made a link from the Major OpenOffice.org Deployments wiki page, it may need correcting: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments#Europe -Lars - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
[marketing] 55 000 OpenOffice.org versions for students in France
Hi all, For information, 55 000 laptops will be distributed to students and teachers in one department of France (Oise). They will be prepared with OpenOffice.org. Unfortunately they will be under Vista, but they have a lot of free educational resources on them. This operation is known as Ordi60 in France and we were waiting for the results since some time now. After USB Key in Ile de France (220 000), CDs in Auvergne (64 000), this is the third department to provide OOo to their students! An article in French can be found here http://www.silicon.fr/fr/news/2009/01/23/55_000_collegiens_equipes_d_un_ordinateur_portable_dans_l_oise_ Kind regards Sophie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
