RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Hi all
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Howells [mailto:chrish@gmx.co.uk] Sent: 03 December 2001 13:25 To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Hi all
From: Jonathan Bacon
I am fairly new to this list, and I just wanted to introduce myself.
Hi Jono -- fancy seeing you here ;)
Thanks all for the warm welcome. :)
I been involved with Linux and KDE for a few years, and I am doing some work regarding the usage of Linux in schools, and Roger thought this list would be useful.
May I ask what kind of work? What I'd really love is for somebody to make it possible to restrict the things that are possible in KDE -- for example so that a school could use it on the desktop without the kids fiddling with all the settings.
Unfortunatly I am not allowed to say too much about what I am doing, but I am basically looking at how well Linux can be used within the educational sector. One day it should all be revealed (hopefully).
I did notice however something that Waldo put on:
http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.0-release-plan.html about preventing > users changing the wallpaper, and stuff. Maybe this could be part of kdeedu. It would certainly be handy for us to have methods of restricting access. It would be good to draft up a list of requirements for KDE in which it could be safely used in a school without kids going wild in the Control Center. Luckily due to Linux's permissions, most of the damage can be prevented. :) Cheers, Jono -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP key: http://chrishowells.co.uk/pgp.txt http://www.koffice.org, http://edu.kde.org, http://usability.kde.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com
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