Hi,
>If after installing Linux we say, `However
>you still need to purchase Turbo C (or any other DOS/Win app)', we
>lose that advantage.
xwpe is free, if anyone wants, I could give you the rpms, you could evaluate
that. Similar to TC++, you don't have to create a project, just type in a C
source file and run using some shourtcut key.
>Promoting a mix of Linux and DOS/Windows weakens our case significantly
since it
>projects Linux as an incomplete and consequently undesirable
>solution.
You do have a point there, but remember, people are against change. And it
is better to have people getting started on Linux via a dual boot
environment than to get people to totally ignore Linux. Believe me, if they
are already unwilling to change and you push Linux, it could just make
people who would otherwise have someday switched to Linux, totally against
such an option. The first impression is generally the most important, and
making one when you are unwilling will be disastrous. Why not highlight the
strengths of Linux. Use Windows 98 and RH 7.2. I really believe, KDE 2 is
wonderful. Also, we can highlight the different GUIs. Tell them, they have
choices rather than the monotony of one GUI on Windows. You can convince
people in schools easily by that kind of reasoning. Show people stuff like,
see the pictures are previewed in the explorer itself, stuff like that. XP
hasn't still caught on, so we could really change opinions. School teachers
are generally impressed by stuff like GUI characteristics rather than
security or things like that. Also, we could easily provide them with dosemu
kind of stuff also.
>There's RHIDE for Linux, which (from the one screenshot I saw)
>appears to look and work exactly like Turbo C. Anyone willing to
>evaluate that in terms of usefulness to schools?
Could you send the rpms or tar or the location.
Regards,
Venky
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