Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-06-09 Thread Karl Bowden
From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 3:55 PM To: ha...@ipunix.com Subject: Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux. On 8 June 2010 15:29, ha...@ipunix.com wrote: I am coming back to this topic; I

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-06-09 Thread Karl Bowden
Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux. On 8 June 2010 15:29, ha...@ipunix.com wrote: I am coming back to this topic; I would like to know if any of you have experience in getting a Next G wireless broadband modem(s) to work on Ubuntu. I have tried the network manager in Ubuntu

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-06-07 Thread ha...@ipunix.com
I am coming back to this topic; I would like to know if any of you have experience in getting a Next G wireless broadband modem(s) to work on Ubuntu. I have tried the network manager in Ubuntu, wvdial and the gui gnome-ppp, etc..but nothing works. As the above is still a well recognized problem

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-06-07 Thread Jared Norris
On 8 June 2010 15:29, ha...@ipunix.com ha...@ipunix.com wrote: I am coming back to this topic; I would like to know if any of you have experience in getting a Next G wireless broadband modem(s) to work on Ubuntu. I have tried the network manager in Ubuntu, wvdial and the gui gnome-ppp,

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-26 Thread Paul Shirren
On 26/05/10 1:27 PM, Steven O'Reilly wrote: I'm not sure where to begin trying to fix that! It is a bit beyond the realm of mere mortals. A few people have tried I think. Money and politics. The DER netbooks get all the headlines but they are not the whole story. We are one of the richest

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-26 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Wed, 26/5/10, Paul Shirren shi...@shirro.com wrote: From: Paul Shirren shi...@shirro.com Subject: Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux. To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 4:39 PM On 26/05/10 1:27 PM, Steven O'Reilly

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-26 Thread Andre Mangan
...@shirro.com wrote: From: Paul Shirren shi...@shirro.com Subject: Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux. To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 4:39 PM On 26/05/10 1:27 PM, Steven O'Reilly wrote: I'm not sure where to begin

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread bwright
I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public school ( I am a senior student ) and I don't think you are allowed to actually install another system. The system is also loaded with goodies like programs that

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread Ubuntu Lists
On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:25:31 -0700 (PDT) bwright bwright...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public ... kids get a bag full of DRM in a box and if they try disable it they get

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread David Fawcett
Have you got anything to back that up B? On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, bwright bwright...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public school ( I am a senior student ) and I don't

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread IKT
Anyone think Linux never stood a chance to begin with? Nonstandard environment incompatible with office, I can see a lot of unhappy kids telling everyone Linux sucks and newspaper headlines that the whole thing is fail. Being the cheaper option only goes so far, isn't there a blog called linux in

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread Troy Scott
The netbooks issued to students in NSW are the same. Installation of additional software is prohibited. Access to the BIOS is locked preventing loading of bootable devices, and the NSW police have the ability to track and disable the unit. On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 02:31 +1000, David Fawcett

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread Paul Shirren
On 25/05/10 9:05 AM, ha...@ipunix.com wrote: All this points out that we the Linux (Ubuntu) users must be active not only within our own group(s) but engage direct with the community in general, visit schools, educate hardware vendors and lobby with the Australian Federal and State

Re: Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread Chuck
Long time lurker first time poster (how cliché) As the father of a young inquisitive and rebellious tacker with one in NSW ,  I agree with the "opportunity" part of the debate. It's annoying reading about the penalties outlined in the user agreement  for "improving" the netbooks, but they

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread Paul Schulz
Greetings, On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Ubuntu Lists kar...@scentient.com.au wrote: On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:25:31 -0700 (PDT) bwright bwright...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-25 Thread Tom Sparks
True enough, however, the netbook rollout program is last year's news.  Launched in NSW by Julia Gillard in August 2009. Linux was considered. The planning that preceded the implementation claimed that the support costs for running Linux were too high where did that report come

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-24 Thread ha...@ipunix.com
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Ubuntu-AU'ers I see a lot of time being spent on the Australian Ubuntu LoCo structure and now the wiki. But what is happening around us and in particular in my area (Strathpine Queensland). I now see year

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-05-24 Thread Senectus .
On 25 May 2010 07:35, ha...@ipunix.com ha...@ipunix.com wrote: Ubuntu-AU'ers I see a lot of time being spent on the Australian Ubuntu LoCo structure and now the wiki. But what is happening around us and in particular in my area (Strathpine Queensland). I now see year nine through 12 student