On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:08:40PM +0100, Knut Yrvin wrote:
> News article:
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1893639,00.asp
>
> The preliminary/partial results from the Survey:
> http://www.zoomerang.com/reports/public_report.zgi?ID=L22FS3PB3TNW
I think I saw this survey, and was going to
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:42:30PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > I am one of the discover maintainers too, and I have no idea how to
> > detect it. As far as I know, discover (v1 and v2) are unable to
> > detect this. :)
>
> Arrgh. Too bad - I am out if good(?) ideas then :-(
Perhaps file
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 08:53:00PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
>141.624 Linux-PCs for schools in China
>Debian based distribution from Sun Wah
Ooh! Ooh! That's a lotta Tux Paint! (I hope! ;^) )
-bill!
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:21:59PM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> i frequently find pdfs which dont display in xpdf well. and can
> you search in pdfs with xpdf by now?
Might I recommend KPDF? It's coming along quite well, and I typically
use it over any other PDF viewer. If there ARE problems
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 11:01:46AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Please, let's move(!) this discussion to debian-custom: More developers
> knowledgeable in that area is gathered there, and LiveCDs are hardly
> relevant only for debian-edu.
Well, I'm glad it was brought up here, cuz I'm not on -
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:44:48AM +0200, Ralf Gesellensetter wrote:
> What ways are there to spot educational Software that has not been
> debianized yet?
Not to make more work for anyone, but I've always assumed that the Seul/Edu
"Educational Application Index" ( http://richtech.ca/seul/ ) was t
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 10:48:33PM +0200, RalfGesellensetter wrote:
> The vast collection of educational software on
> http://skolelinux.de/wiki/LernSoftware could be a quarry for further
> progress...
>
> If anybody owns files related to lessons that can be used with free
> software
There are
Sufyan Kakakhel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The said department is hesitant and putting different objections.
> Now they say, please give us some success stories of some
> organizations where open source (linux as operating system) has been
> deployed on desktop level.
>
> Any one of you, who i
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 07:59:50AM +0200, Thomas Templin wrote:
> - You know that schools are offered MS OS and Software for free more
> and more?
Free (up-front) means nothing in TCO terms. Schools and other orgs need
to realize this.
Not only does MS often end up charging for (necessary) up
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 03:54:29PM +0200, RalfGesellensetter wrote:
> What is the most recommended way here? Is there any chance to apt-get
> upgrade to sarge, or otherwise, which version to install from
> (sarge-pr1?)?
I'm not sure if it applies to K12LTSP, but Debian's "alioth" server
contain
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 04:34:04PM +0100, Ralf Gesel|ensetter wrote:
> Furthermore, I believe hat kids of today are much more used to cope with
> a multiplicity of options that most of us teachers.
Yeah, when I grew up, keyboards had ~50-60 keys on them, and video game
controllers were typically
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 10:50:29PM +0100, Pierre H wrote:
> Hello
>
> I don't know realy what is the work domain of this
> part of the debian project, but I have a suggestion
> and I don't know realy where is the best place to post
> it.
Hi! I think you may have stumbled across the wrong li
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 02:19:22PM +0100, Ralf Gesel|ensetter wrote:
> HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!
>
> Bill Kendrick did this presentation one year ago.
*shucks!* Thanks ;^)
-bill!
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 07:52:41PM +0100, Herman Robak wrote:
> > Does XP distinguish between the two?
>
> For local files, you don't get any dialog asking
> you questions when you double-click its icon. This
> is the same in GNOME and KDE, and it is expected.
Of course, on Linux, the file ne
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:07:54AM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote:
> I suppose this is not really the right list for this question, but it is
> not really wrong either, because I am looking for an answer that is
> suitable for teachers and students---not advanced computer professionals
> like yourselve
I've been considering writing a short book (aimed at young children)
that introduces programming using Python.
(I've you've ever seen the likes of "Atari BASIC, A Self-Teaching Guide"
from the early 80s, that's pretty much what I'm trying to duplicate.)
I'm not certain this will ever be publsihe
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 09:00:32AM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:
>
> will tuxpaint suport the freedesktop basedir spec [1] which specifies where
> to look for configuration files?
I'll take a look tonight, and we'll probably work on it for the upcoming
0.9.14 release. (If not, then i
Hi all, this is Bill Kendrick, the main developer of "Tux Paint"
(which hopefully most you have seen ;^) )
Over the past few months, we've been working on a configuration
front-end for Tux Paint, so people don't have to muck around
inside a config. file using a text editor.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:10:32AM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:
> On Thursday 12 August 2004 11:31, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > BTW, all this talk of translations reminds me that Tux Paint still
> > needs some translations, and translation updates. :^)
>
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 11:21:14PM +0200, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote:
> Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:20040812093122.GA15777__31742.2775588513$1092303125$gmane$or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > To name a few random languages I'd love to see supporte
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:49:59PM +0200, Ralf Gesel|ensetter wrote:
> Well, how about Russian, BTW? Anyway, may I remind you all, that there is
> further lists for translation matters:
Heh, Tux Paint's already in Russian. ;^) (The full list is over at:
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/f
BTW, all this talk of translations reminds me that Tux Paint still
needs some translations, and translation updates. :^)
See: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/help/
We recently set up a system to allow en-masse translations of
the 'rubber stamp' description strings using PO files (even
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 09:08:48AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> according to
>
>
> http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/7/16/technology/8461653&sec=technology
>
>
>"20% of school computer labs to have OSS applications such as productivity
> suites installe
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 04:12:02PM +0200, Alex Brasetvik wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:56:01 +0200, Ralf Gesellen'setter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > after Alex had TuxMath in his TOP 10, I had to check it out. Apparently,
> > it is not pre-installed (RC-3), but can be apt
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 06:47:49PM +0200, Bill Maas wrote:
>
> Dear whoever,
>
> I have been trying to get off the debian-edu list. I sent an email with
> the subject "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Perhaps the address receiving the list messages is slightly different
from the one you sent
Back when I was 8 years old (about 20 years ago now!), I programmed in
BASIC on my Timex Sinclair 1000 and Atari 1200XL computers.
Today, I've been asked to tutor a very smart (but currently far
too Windows-saavy for his and his parents' own good) 8 year old kid.
He's got a Pentium (which doesn'
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 11:57:41AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>
> Skolelinux should be listed on SchoolForge, yes.
Hrm - You might ask if you can get listed on the "Software Resources" page:
http://www.schoolforge.net/software.php
I think that's as far as I went when rushing to put my
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:44:22PM +0100, Thomas Templin wrote:
> Did you know skolelinux yet?
> Skolelinux is a great Server distribution for schools and it will become part
> of debian-edu, AFAIK. They are working on a Skole-Knoppix too.
> http://www.skolelinux.no/
> http://www.skolelinux.de/
Ye
I whipped together a presentation for my local Linux User Group this month,
on "Kid's Software for Linux." I of course mentioned Debian Jr and Edu
projects. ;^)
I thought you folks might care to take a peek. Enjoy!
http://www.lugod.org/presentations/kidslinux/
-bill!
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A new version Tux Paint, an open source drawing program for young children,
has been released. (Source only, so far... new Debian packages should be
available soon!)
Version 0.9.12 includes Walloon, Russian and Malay translations,
a number of bug-fixes, and some changes which make the source co
PS - I've put a single page up with a little information
(not much more than in this e-mail, but something 'official' that people
can point to):
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxprint/
-bill!
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Greetings, everyone! This is Bill Kendrick, author of 'Tux Paint.'
[ http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ ]
I wanted to announce a new project I'm planning to start up called
'Tux Print.' It's going to be a 'publishing' program for young kids.
Pro
It's been literally 17 months since I last worked on
"Tux, of Math Command." (Right around the time of the September 11th
attacks.)
TuxMath is a 'Missile Command' style arcade game which prompts the user
with math problems that they must answer quickly. The game design was by
Sam Hart of the Tu
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:45:49PM +0100, Mario Fux wrote:
> Salve together
>
> I write more or less monthly a column about Free education software.
> Some days ago I could release the fifth edition and you can see and read it
> on:
> http://www.fsfeurope.org/education/tgs
I discovered it thanks
Tux Paint is a simple drawing program for young kids, released
as Open Source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
It runs on Linux and other Unixes, Windows, and Mac OS X.
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/
The source download for version 0.9.3 has just been released!
I've just released Tux Paint 0.9.2 (source).
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/download/source.php3
It include a Korean translation, thanks to my friend Mark Kim.
Here's a screenshot:
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/screenshots/lang_korean.png
Note: It requires the Korea
One of the latest versions of 'Tux Paint,' my drawing program for kids,
has been packaged up for Debian by Ben Armstrong.
Once the newly-separated "tuxpaint-stamps" package goes through,
it should all be available in Sid.
Ben was also kind enough to create a Woody package, for us stable us
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:56:28PM +0200, Dominique Rousseau wrote:
>
> You can do it for yourself :)
> Either through procmail manipulations, Adding the string in incoming
> messages.
I'll see what I can do, thanks.
> Since you use mutt, you can also declare the lists (through the
> "subscribe
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 11:34:16AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Le Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 12:06:50AM -0700, Bill Kendrick écrivait:
> > Would people be against having the list management software tack a
> > "[debian-edu]" at the beginning of Subject lines?
>
> W
Would people be against having the list management software tack a
"[debian-edu]" at the beginning of Subject lines?
If not, Raphael, would you be willing to set that up?
Practically every other mailing list I'm on uses this convention, and
it makes keeping track of what's what in my inbox (eve
On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 02:45:15PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> after a week about 26 people are on this list. I'd like
> to know you better in order to try to organize the work
> as much a possible and in order to know where I have to
> make efforts.
>
> It would be great
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