[opensuse] [OT] Linux in the classroom (K-12)
All,
I just saw this on another mailing list. I know there has previously
been a little discussion here about using Linux in a classroom
environment. (K-12 I assume).
Apparently, the below is fairly big deal and if there are any of you
from the Atlanta GA area you may want to volunteer.
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From: "Steve Hargadon"
On Monday 21 May 2007 10:21, Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I suppose the others trying to staunch the flood of off-topic posts on this list are getting tired of having to say it and perhaps some think there's only a few who care, so I'll chime in this time and say: If you know it's off-topic and go so far as to mark it as such, then SEND IT TO THE OFF-TOPIC LIST! Please! Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Monday 21 May 2007 10:21, Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I suppose the others trying to staunch the flood of off-topic posts on this list are getting tired of having to say it and perhaps some think there's only a few who care, so I'll chime in this time and say:
If you know it's off-topic and go so far as to mark it as such, then SEND IT TO THE OFF-TOPIC LIST!
Please!
Randall Schulz
a) Not everyone interested in volunteering or making a useful to contribution for such event will subscribe to the OT list. b) Strictly speaking this is about assistance in helping setting up Linux, so is much less off topic than some, and is arguably on topic... c) I do NOT think that this is a particularly diplomatically useful response .... I can only assume that you neglected to read the OP before responding... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUrZYasN0sSnLmgIRAsO0AKCT8HhtrlaapsbZZ0ppcOw6qzEIIgCdGage u4rGNJVyZmUGoHQNfVODXIM= =H/9N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* G T Smith
a) Not everyone interested in volunteering or making a useful to contribution for such event will subscribe to the OT list.
Then they should restrain themselves and refrain from posting OT.
b) Strictly speaking this is about assistance in helping setting up Linux, so is much less off topic than some, and is arguably on topic...
grep -i suse <article> results in no output
c) I do NOT think that this is a particularly diplomatically useful response .... I can only assume that you neglected to read the OP before responding...
You think that Randall posted after "noticing" the subject line rather
than reading the post?
What response would be "diplomatically useful" and, providing you have
a better response, why didn't you "diplomatically" advise the poster
the proper channel for his post?
I cite a partial quote from a respected member of this list:
<quote>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:24:04 +0200
From: Pascal Bleser
And what besides a critique did you contribute here? Linux in the classroom is VERY important in my opinion. and even moreso for SuSE/Novell. The majority of server installs I did when I was a tech was Novell in schools. I have done lots of work for school districts, and I prefer SuSE. I started reading this thread hoping to interject my success with ltsp, and would like to see SuSE more involved with k12ltsp.org. Seems a perfect match with the benefit of Novell's inroads already with the school system. I forget which distro Jim is/was using for ltsp, but is wasn't SuSE. I used SuSE for my ltsp stuff and did the best I could to champion it with him for that project. What Novell is doing with M$, what they are doing with SuSE, what is happing in the markets, public opinion, (even jokes, which poke at known public opinions) is all relevant to SuSE a go. The more information I have to champion the cause (SuSE, not list etiquette), the better. That this list provide technical information / answers to the folks that are discovering SuSE, is a great thing. That this list contributes to arming those that are able to help make a go of SuSE, and bring in more users, gain insights that help pacify PHB's, all the better. The people that complain about posts, and contribute only if the letter of the law is followed only stifle progress. B-) On Tuesday 22 May 2007 6:12 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* G T Smith
[05-22-07 05:22]: a) Not everyone interested in volunteering or making a useful to contribution for such event will subscribe to the OT list.
Then they should restrain themselves and refrain from posting OT.
b) Strictly speaking this is about assistance in helping setting up Linux, so is much less off topic than some, and is arguably on topic...
grep -i suse <article> results in no output
c) I do NOT think that this is a particularly diplomatically useful response .... I can only assume that you neglected to read the OP before responding...
You think that Randall posted after "noticing" the subject line rather than reading the post? What response would be "diplomatically useful" and, providing you have a better response, why didn't you "diplomatically" advise the poster the proper channel for his post?
I cite a partial quote from a respected member of this list:
<quote> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:24:04 +0200 From: Pascal Bleser
To: opensuse-project@opensuse.org [...] The opensuse@opensuse.org list is already unusable for anything besides pointless off-topic discussions. So please, let us use *this* list for real work, actions, not blathering. </quote> -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Op Tuesday 22 May 2007 18:14:58 schreef Brad Bourn:
I forget which distro Jim is/was using for ltsp, but is wasn't SuSE. I used SuSE for my ltsp stuff and did the best I could to champion it with him for that project.
http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 22 May 2007 1:01 pm, Richard Bos wrote:
Fn EXCELLENT!!!! Thanks Richard! B-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Brad Bourn
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G T Smith
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Greg Freemyer
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Patrick Shanahan
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Randall R Schulz
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Richard Bos