On Wednesday 12 May 2004 11:11 pm, Dermot Mc Laughlin wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Just recently registered on this list, and have been slyly listening in for the last few days...
Background: Im putting together a report detailing my findings on replacing Win with SuSE, for a school that im working on for. I have done an extensive amount of research already, considering the fact that I was pretty much a Linux nubie a couple of months ago. As an early indication of progress, Im writing this from SuSE Mozilla; IE got the boot at the first opportunity.
I have tested most of the schools software (across departments) with wine and managed to get half of it up and running -- there isn't anything too irreplacable in the other half.
So then all was going great, until I started thinking about the following:
I teach Computer Science and Information Communication Technology - and i'm having real problems replacing apps such as Access, and the macromedia suite.
I have used Knoda and MySQL with success at AS and A2 for the last 2 years in ICT.
You don't need to tell me about the demerits of Access - I have been convinced of that a long time ago. What alternative could I use (if any)? I need something that can even be tailored to year 7's.
OpenOffice works great for flat files in spreadsheet or Dbase format.
As far as the macromedia suite is concerned, I just cant get it installed with wine -- even though I have read reports posted from people who say they can. Have any of you tried this and won?
Web projects are notoriously difficult to get high grades in so why not do a database project instead.
Do you know of any decent GPL school Administration system replacement I can get my hands on?
There is SchoolTool from the Shuttleworth foundation regards garry
Also... Thanks for all the advice filling up this channel to date -- even though it wasn't directed specifically my way, it has been helpfull!!
Cheers Dermot
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