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

2010-06-09 Thread Karl Bowden
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Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

2010-06-09 Thread Jared Norris
; >> Harry Degenaar >> 0401231068 >> ha...@ipunix.com >> www.ipunix.com >> >> >> >> >> From: "Jared Norris" >> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 3:55 PM >> To: ha...@ipunix.com >> Subject:

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

2010-06-09 Thread Karl Bowden
ologies there was a typo in > my number. > > Cheers, > > Harry Degenaar > 0401231068 > ha...@ipunix.com > www.ipunix.com > > > > ________ > From: "Jared Norris" > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 3:55 PM > To: ha...@ipunix.co

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

2010-06-08 Thread ha...@ipunix.com
, 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 would like to know if any of you have > experience in getting a Next "G" wire

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 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, etc..but nothing w

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.

2010-05-26 Thread Andre Mangan
Paul Shirren > > 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

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

2010-05-26 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Wed, 26/5/10, Paul Shirren wrote: > From: Paul Shirren > 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 &g

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

2010-05-25 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 count

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

2010-05-25 Thread Steven O'Reilly
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Tom Sparks wrote: > How old are there IT experts and what computer traing have they got? The IT experts could even be IT procurement or contract managers. Usually no effort is made to research or understand the wide range of issues, to develop requirements or

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 th

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

2010-05-25 Thread Andre Mangan
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 and that support for Microsoft was already est

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 wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:25:31 -0700 (PDT) > bwright 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

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

2010-05-25 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Wed, 26/5/10, Paul Shirren wrote: From: Paul Shirren Subject: Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux. To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 8:41 AM On 25/05/10 9:05 AM, ha...@ipunix.com wrote: > All this points out that we

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 wil

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 Governme

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

2010-05-25 Thread Senectus .
Sounds like a dual boot challenge :-) On 5/26/10, Troy Scott wrote: > 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

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 wrote:

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 David Fawcett
Have you got anything to back that up B? On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, bwright 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 think you are allow

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 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 punished by the sch

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 ac

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

2010-05-24 Thread Senectus .
On 25 May 2010 07:35, 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 running arou

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