April 2003 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Linux equivalents of Windows software
by Mark Evans 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

This is the list I sent to James Spedding, listing the software we actually use. Things which work more or less straight off GENERAL Internet Browser Windows: Netscape 7 Linux: Mozilla or Konqueror Email Windows: sqwebmail through web browser Linux: ditto or Mozilla with a wrapper script to set IMAP paramaters. Word Processing Windows: Word 2000 Linux: oowriter, Abiword, Kword. Spread Sheet Windows: Excel 2000 Linux: oocalc, gnumeric, kspread, siag Presentation Windows: Powerpoint 2000 Linux: ooimpress, kpresenter OTHER Exambuilder Child Development. Program is written in Java, actually loads quicker with the Linux JVM, only problem is it defaulting to US Letter paper. Things which are similar GENERAL DTP Windows: Publisher 98 Linux: oowriter (won't read publisher files, sometimes even publisher can't read its files though.) MATHS Logo Windows: MSWlogo (this is actually a Windows GPL program) Linux: ucblogo (different UI though) Graphing Windows: Omnigraph Linux: geg (no obvious way to print graphs though) Things were an equivalent isn't obvious. GENERAL MS Access 2000 CAREERS Veryan Workview Access based database for assignment of work placements. Keyclips Selection of careers leaflets. Kudos CASCAiD program for career selection. MATHS Geomat possibly kgeo will work as a replacement Cabri Geometry Geometry program MicroSMILE Set of maths games MEDIA Pinnacle Video editing software with ability to interface via firewire MUSIC Cubase Sequencer software SCIENCE Creature simulation of fox and rabbit population from www.fssc.demon.co.uk Sense and Control monitoring Set of software for interfacing to sense and control boxes. Human Torch Game to teach forensic techniques from the Association for Science Education SEN SpellStar Program to help with spelling and store data for each user. Wellington Square Set of multi-media matarial for slow learning students. TECHNOLOGY Quickroute PCB design program from www.quickroute.co.uk apparently now superceded by Electronic Design Studio Interactive Control Simulation of an 8 bit I/O control box operated by programs in a BBC Basic like language. Revolution PICAXE >From www.tech-supplies.co.uk Software for programming PIC chips using a form of Basic Modela Software from TechSoft for 3d drawing Crocodile Clips Simulation of electrical circuits with drag and drop interface. Poem Embroider Software for design and operation of CNC Embroidery machines Prodesktop 3D drawing and design Eat me Software to design for printer fitted with food dye and edible paper. (www.eatmesoftware.com) -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Open Souce Conference - a way forward...
by James Hurst 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

> A useful contribution - we need as many people involved in this as > possible. On a personal note, if you could recompile your software so > it would run under Linux I would be delighted. At Handsworth Grammar > School, the science department love your materials and as we will be > going to Linux desktops next year! This would be a wonderful > contribution to the projects - even without you going open source. Not really :( Almost all of our CD-ROM based materials are developed using Macromedia Director, and they still do not support Unix/X11. There are historical reasons as to why we use Director, based on the types of software we were developing 5 years ago.. However, I have had success running Multimedia Science School under WINE, and in some areas even noticed a performance increase as a result! I'd like to support a version of it for Linux, and so I might look into that again. The software that I'm working on at the minute is written in C++/Qt :) -- James Hurst mailto:james.hurst@new-media.co.uk

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??!
by Chris Puttick 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Ahh, in which case, have look at: http://rom-o-matic.net/5.0.9/ and for interest http://ltsp.sourceforge.net/documentation/pxe.howto.html And if you get adventurous, the stuff these guys are doing: http://www.nomachine.com/ is damn impressive... -----Original Message----- From: Dug Stokes To: 'Chris Puttick'; Dug Stokes; ''suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' ' Cc: 'tim(a)parrswood.net' Sent: 4/2/03 3:36 PM Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??! Fantastic :) - I think I've worked out pretty much most of it, setting the bootimage setting in DHCP, setting up an TFTP server, just need to know how to go about making a bootimage... -----Original Message----- From: Chris Puttick [mailto:chris@centralmanclc.com] Sent: 02 April 2003 15:10 To: 'Dug Stokes '; ''suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' ' Cc: 'tim(a)parrswood.net' Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??! I think I know a man who can help... -----Original Message----- From: Dug Stokes To: 'suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' Sent: 4/2/03 2:57 PM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??! Hi there! Me again! We're looking at using PXE to boot SOME clients, so they can connect to Terminal Services. Has anyone has any experience, Linux or Win-based!? Apparently Red-hat can do it? Basically, all I planned first was: - Client boots up, gets IP from DHCP - Client finds remoteboot server (I'm not sure how!!) - Client grabs image from remoteboot server (TFTP, isn't it?) - Client boots into Windows 3.11 - Win3.11 shell is the Terminal Services client software. As far as I know, it'll work, and DHCP and TFTP seems easy enough, but; 1. how do I make the Windows 3.11 image 2. what do I need to run so that the client can see the Remote boot server? Sorry about the lack of jargon, im kinda lost with this! Dug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help(a)suse.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??!
by Dug Stokes 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Fantastic :) - I think I've worked out pretty much most of it, setting the bootimage setting in DHCP, setting up an TFTP server, just need to know how to go about making a bootimage... -----Original Message----- From: Chris Puttick [mailto:chris@centralmanclc.com] Sent: 02 April 2003 15:10 To: 'Dug Stokes '; ''suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' ' Cc: 'tim(a)parrswood.net' Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??! I think I know a man who can help... -----Original Message----- From: Dug Stokes To: 'suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' Sent: 4/2/03 2:57 PM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??! Hi there! Me again! We're looking at using PXE to boot SOME clients, so they can connect to Terminal Services. Has anyone has any experience, Linux or Win-based!? Apparently Red-hat can do it? Basically, all I planned first was: - Client boots up, gets IP from DHCP - Client finds remoteboot server (I'm not sure how!!) - Client grabs image from remoteboot server (TFTP, isn't it?) - Client boots into Windows 3.11 - Win3.11 shell is the Terminal Services client software. As far as I know, it'll work, and DHCP and TFTP seems easy enough, but; 1. how do I make the Windows 3.11 image 2. what do I need to run so that the client can see the Remote boot server? Sorry about the lack of jargon, im kinda lost with this! Dug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help(a)suse.com

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Attn: Mark Evans: why is this????
by Thomas Adam 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Mark, Can you explain why I get the following error message? ----------------------------------------------------- The original message was received at Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:15:45 GMT from web41106.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.22] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <mpe(a)st-peters-high.devon.sch.uk> (reason: 553 sorry, your envelope sender is in my badmailfrom list (#5.7.1)) ------------------------------------------------------ -- Thomas Adam :) ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

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iptables equiv. of ipchains -M -L
by Alex Brett 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

I used to use ipchains and i could type ipchains -M -L and get a list of outgoing connections through the NAT. Does anybody know if there is an equivalent command with iptables as I'm now using iptables and I'd still like to be able to display this info. Thanks, Alex Brett alex.brett(a)brettcomputers.co.uk

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??!
by Chris Puttick 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

I think I know a man who can help... -----Original Message----- From: Dug Stokes To: 'suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' Sent: 4/2/03 2:57 PM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] PXE??! Hi there! Me again! We're looking at using PXE to boot SOME clients, so they can connect to Terminal Services. Has anyone has any experience, Linux or Win-based!? Apparently Red-hat can do it? Basically, all I planned first was: - Client boots up, gets IP from DHCP - Client finds remoteboot server (I'm not sure how!!) - Client grabs image from remoteboot server (TFTP, isn't it?) - Client boots into Windows 3.11 - Win3.11 shell is the Terminal Services client software. As far as I know, it'll work, and DHCP and TFTP seems easy enough, but; 1. how do I make the Windows 3.11 image 2. what do I need to run so that the client can see the Remote boot server? Sorry about the lack of jargon, im kinda lost with this! Dug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help(a)suse.com

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PXE??!
by Dug Stokes 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Hi there! Me again! We're looking at using PXE to boot SOME clients, so they can connect to Terminal Services. Has anyone has any experience, Linux or Win-based!? Apparently Red-hat can do it? Basically, all I planned first was: - Client boots up, gets IP from DHCP - Client finds remoteboot server (I'm not sure how!!) - Client grabs image from remoteboot server (TFTP, isn't it?) - Client boots into Windows 3.11 - Win3.11 shell is the Terminal Services client software. As far as I know, it'll work, and DHCP and TFTP seems easy enough, but; 1. how do I make the Windows 3.11 image 2. what do I need to run so that the client can see the Remote boot server? Sorry about the lack of jargon, im kinda lost with this! Dug

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