Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread onpon4
Just Trisquel, regular Trisquel, is fine. You don't need anything special for a general teenage audience. Maybe install GNOME Shell if you really want to.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread greatgnu
http://primtux.fr/

[Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread lap4fsf
The state government in my locality has decided to include free software as part of education curriculum in government schools. But I recently came to know that the Operating System used by the government schools are a fork of Edubuntu GNU/Linux. Edubuntu GNU/Linux contains binary blobs

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread jadedml
Yea. You should tell your representatives, or whoever sets up the computers. Oh, and smack them a few times for using such outdated software! Add TuxType to that list.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread lap4fsf
i don’t see why you could not just use Trisquel Well, Trisquel GNU/Linux was the first name that came to my mind as it is a full fledged project and always come handy. But if any free software enthusiast/community has previously worked on similar project then won't it be easy to customize

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread tomlukeywood
it also depends what computers your using do you have the computers ranging in specification? do they all have at least 1GB of ram? if they have less then trisquel mini or regular trisquel with something like icewm or mate/xfce would be good

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread tomlukeywood
i don’t see why you could not just use trisquel and/or trisquel mini

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread Dave Hunt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What about using standard Trisquel 7 and adding the listed programs, if they aren't already present? I think you can even make a special live dvd with your additions. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread onpon4
TOAST isn't based on Ubuntu 10.04, where'd you get that idea? Just like the other Trisquel 7 editions, it's based on Ubuntu 14.04. That's a 4 year difference!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software distribution(s) suitable for school education.

2015-09-15 Thread lap4fsf
Oh, I forgot to add Tux paint to the above list. And yes, most software in that distribution are old. They should have taken a bit more care to include Libre office instead of open office suit and a decent free replacement for the Mozilla Firefox. But that said, mostly these are political