[ubuntu-uk] cups wrapper and ppd files

2011-09-21 Thread paul sutton
Hi My brother printer recently died and I am looking to replace it with another Brother printer as I have had a good few years service from the old one. The brother site has both cupswrapper components and ppd drivers. I am aware i don't need the lpr drivers as I am using cups. As I have a

[ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Sarah Chard
Hi feedback from teachers from the first school we visited as a part of our OSSP is that they really need good quality programs that address literacy not just letters and spelling but grammar, punctuation and sentence construction any thoughts? Sarah -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread bodsda
Did they have specific issues with the grammar checking in OOo? Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Sarah Chard sa...@streetentertainers.co.uk Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:19:29 To: UK Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread James Tait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/09/11 12:19, Sarah Chard wrote: feedback from teachers from the first school we visited as a part of our OSSP is that they really need good quality programs that address literacy not just letters and spelling but grammar, punctuation and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread paul sutton
On 21/09/11 12:19, Sarah Chard wrote: Hi feedback from teachers from the first school we visited as a part of our OSSP is that they really need good quality programs that address literacy not just letters and spelling but grammar, punctuation and sentence construction any thoughts?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Wed, 2011-09-21 at 11:27 +, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Did they have specific issues with the grammar checking in OOo? On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 13:12 +0100, paul sutton wrote: We need contextual grammar checking which is far harder, and probably even harder when you have to deal with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Wed, 2011-09-21 at 12:39 +0100, James Tait wrote: Gcompris [0] may provide some of that. I have a vague recollection of my eldest son playing a game where he had to put the correct word in the sentence, but glancing over the website I don't recognise it. Hi James we have gcompris on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Barry Drake
On 21/09/11 13:19, Sarah Chard wrote: feedback from teachers from the first school we visited as a part of our OSSP is that they really need good quality programs that address literacy not just letters and spelling but grammar, punctuation and sentence construction Maybe not trying to answer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread bodsda
The difficulty is, you can't just replace one product. Publisher will probably be licensed with a volume software licensing agreement, along with front page, word, excel, outlook etc etc. - so they are just wasting a license by not using it. If you could replace all of the office suite, it will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Wed, 2011-09-21 at 16:18 +0200, Barry Drake wrote: Maybe not trying to answer your specific question, my own pet hate is the insistence of teaching Microsoft Publisher in schools. I think we should challenge this on the grounds that MS Publisher does not conform to an open standard

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Barry Drake
On 21/09/11 16:26, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: P.s: what call for open standards? My council clearly missed the memo It's here: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/PPN%203_11%20Open%20Standards.pdf I think after pressure from a certain firm, this report has been

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Web Upd8 Subscription (in this message: 2 new items)

2011-09-21 Thread Bea Groves
Hi all! Just read the following. Comments? Original Message Web Upd8 Subscription (in this message: 2 new items) http://www.webupd8.org/ http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgsfeedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/webupd8 Link to Web Upd8 - Ubuntu / Linux blog

[ubuntu-uk] efi boot, Windows 8 and Linux

2011-09-21 Thread Alan Bell
On 21/09/11 23:29, Bea Groves wrote: Just read the following. Comments? yeah, it is potentially very nasty. To be Windows 8 certified computers will have to be able to do this secure boot thing. Most will include an option to turn it off, exactly like the google chromebooks do, they have a