Kevin Cole wrote:
I just got out of a meeting where we're editing an
Edubuntu HOWTO for folks at your level... I hope.
I've also forwarded your comments on to my co-editor.
In the meantime, check out the tuxLab Cookbook PDF
and other docs at:
http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation
We're basing the HOWTO on the tuxLab Cookbook. It's
an EXCELLENT piece of work with regards to at least
some of your questions.
A few technical nitpicks from the frontier:
- Could you please let us know where to find the tuxLab Cookbook in
something other than PDF format? We pay almost USD 200 per month for
dial-up access here in Vanuatu, which means that 9 computers are
currently sharing one little modem. HTML is vastly more desirable than
monolithic PDF documents.
- Could you please use static links (or proper redirects) for file links
on this and other pages? I frequently schedule downloads of larger files
for off-peak times using wget. This wiki's linking system doesn't seem
to get along very nicely with wget. I haven't had time to diagnose the
problem just yet, but if files were linked statically I wouldn't have to
script around[*] someone else's cleverness. 8^)
[*] Which wiki software are you using, BTW? I should just submit a patch
directly to the maintainers, as the link works properly in Firefox, but
returns a 403 (Forbidden) to wget - that's just broken.
Hmmm... I'm not sure which page you refer to, but if it
was a wiki page, then it was "locked" because someone else
was editing it. As for the login process, if it sent you
to Launchpad, then yeah, I can see your point about it being
a bit tedious. On the other hand, e-mail isn't always ideal
for feedback either.
I would have thought that feedback to a mailing list would be the, er,
canonical method. 8^)
What other methods of feedback are preferable?
(See the tuxLab Cookbook mentioned above, as well as
http://www.ltsp.org/longstory.php and maybe
http://k12ltsp.org/contents.html for more info.)
Perhaps these links could be added here:
http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation/AboutEdubuntu
in the Linux Terminal Server Project section. That way, the question
won't need to be asked again here.
How do educators needs differ from anyone else's? Most
of what you mention applies to just about anyone using
computers.
I read the originating message as stating that these applications were
not clearly listed in the docco, making it hard for teachers to know
whether this particular distro actually met their needs (which as you
rightly state are quite similar to others').
The LTSP stuff (better explained in the
tuxLab Cookbook)
And, if I understand correctly, soon to be available in expanded form on
the Edubuntu website?
Best regards from Vanuatu!
P.S. My copy of Edubuntu 5.10 is arriving in a parcel some time late
this week. I'm really excited about kicking the tires. We've been using
Ubuntu on public access workstations since Breezy, but had to hack
together our own thin-client solution.
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