[YBA] Apropos FOSS edu content
Hi friends,
A few weeks ago there was a discussion here of electronic text books.
Last night I met the executive director of www.curriki.org who is doing
just that, developing a platform for FOSS educational materials.
Apparently there is a move in this direction in the developing world and
to some degree in the US.
FYI,
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Re: Current recommendations for Linux-compatible printer?
I have an HP printer/fax/scanner here. Nice piece of HW. I connected it to the wireless network, and under Windows it's a charm. Under linux, I can print to it from the network. They have this nice web interface from which you you can scan, I did not manage to get the scanner working directly with the OS. I am not able to "print to fax" from linux. Under Windows you have this option to stick a sdcard to the machine, and it will send it to your computer. Again, don't know how it works under linux. So... yes, the very basic things work under HP. However, this machine can do SO MUCH MORE, and using it under linux seems like a waste for me. On Wednesday 21 October 2009 22:18:37 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Omer,Most (if not all) of HP's All in One printers should suffice you. > > * Drivers are fully open source (see: http://hplipopensource.com) > * Print, Fax, Scan are fully supported. > * Very easy installation > * The market is flooded with NON HP replacement cartridges. > * The printers are actually quite cheap: the top of the line (8500 Pro AIO) > costs 900 NIS > > Thanks, > Hetz > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Omer Zak wrote: > > I got fed up with the ink-guzzling behavior of my Epson Stylus CX3200 > > and would like to buy a new printer. And of course, it needs to be > > fully supported by Linux. > > > > Which manufacturers are OK today (for example, is Lexmark X2620, > > currently offered in a sale by Bezeq, OK)? > > Which printer/s available today would be the best buy? > > > > My criteria are: > > 1. My printing needs are very low volume. So the printer needs not to > > be very fast. > > 2. When and if I do print colorful stuff, I need it to be of high > > quality. > > 3. 100% Linux compatible (due to ideology, this should include also > > features which I don't plan to use). > > 4. Color. > > 5. If applicable, economical in ink usage (for example, separate > > cartridge for each color; and refillable by 3rd parties i.e. not > > burdened by a chip). > > 6. Includes also scanner. FAX is optional. > > 7. Does not have to be the lowest cost model. > > > > Thanks, > >--- Omer > > -- > > Never let beliefs, God or Gods incite war and hatred among human beings. > > My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ > > > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > > I may be affiliated in any way. > > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > > > > ___ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Current recommendations for Linux-compatible printer?
On Friday, 23 בOctober 2009 13:09:31 Diego Iastrubni wrote: > I have an HP printer/fax/scanner here. Nice piece of HW. I connected it > to the wireless network, and under Windows it's a charm. Model? My HP Officejet 6313 is connected to the network (I didn't want the wireless model due to security: * Printing - flawless. * Scanning - same (xsane, gimp plugins, etc.) * Fax out - tested via the hp-toolbox - works. * Fax in - printed directly, didn't test if it has other features. * Media cards (e.g: MMC) - Locally print photos. In an older model I had (USB-based) I could mount it, but I don't see this option here. Cheers, -- Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 o...@actcom.co.il http://users.actcom.co.il/~oron "A billion flies _can_ be wrong - I'd rather eat lamb chops than shit." -- Linus Torvalds on lkml ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Current recommendations for Linux-compatible printer?
Hi Oron, See comments inline: On Friday 23 October 2009 13:49:08 you wrote: > On Friday, 23 בOctober 2009 13:09:31 Diego Iastrubni wrote: (I should fix kmail's translation...) > the wireless model due to security: Whats wrong about WPA2+do not broadcast the SSID? > Model? > > My HP Officejet 6313 is connected to the network (I didn't want J6413 > * Scanning - same (xsane, gimp plugins, etc.) doc? man? rtfm? [google,yahoo,bing,hotbot)-search keyword? ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Current recommendations for Linux-compatible printer?
Omer, Check out http://www.linuxprinting.org/ or go directly to http://www.openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi (you can get to it from the first link if you go to fatabase -> Printers). -- Oleg Goldshmidt | p...@goldshmidt.org ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
[Weekend Reminder] Re: [Telux] Next Meeting: "CMake" on 25-October-2009
Hi all!
This is a weekend reminder that we will have a TelFOSS meeting about CMake the
upcoming Sunday (25-Oct-2009) on 18:30 in Tel Aviv University. More details
can be found below.
Sorry for not publicising it on Facebook, but the wretched Send button did not
work in Firefox. :-(. It was on Whatsup.org.il, though.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
On Monday 19 Oct 2009 23:02:24 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> The Tel Aviv Open Source Club will host a talk by Constantine Shulyupin (
> http://www.linuxdriver.co.il/ ) about "CMake - the Nifty Build and
> Configuration System" - on Sunday 25-October-2009 (slightly less than a
> week from now).
>
> The meeting will take place at Tel Aviv University, at the Schreiber
> Maths&CS building, room 008 on 18:30. So mark your calendars. More
> information can be found at:
>
> * http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/telux/
>
> * http://wiki.osdc.org.il/index.php/Tel_Aviv_Meeting_on_25_October_2009
>
> With any other problems, feel free to contact me:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact-me/
>
> Hopefully Constantine will be able to give a re-run of this presentation on
> Haifux and other possible venues.
>
> Abstract:
> -
>
> You can see what we have so far here:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/lecture/CMake/
>
> We are also planning to re-use some CMake presentations and material that
> we found online. In any case, here's an abstract:
>
> {{{
> CMake - cross platform make.
> - configure the software build process and generate makefiles (or IDE
> project files) automatically on many systems.
> - Advantages over GNU Autotools.
> - Smaller archive files and downloads (no huge "configure",
> "configure.in"/"configure.ac", Makefile.am, Makefile.in, etc.)
> - Faster configurations (using the CMake command).
> - no excessive forking and running processes in CMake.
> - make/build runs faster (due to no "libtool" commands).
> - much easier to maintain and tends to break less than Autoconf's
> m4 macros generating /bin/sh code, with many other tools in
> between. Show:
> - http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/figure1.png
> - Better Microsoft Windows support:
> - can prepare Windows NSIS packages out-of-the-box.
> - Its licence is mod-BSDL instead of Autotools' GPL.
> }}
>
> CMake may still have some disadvantages over GNU Autotools (a.k.a: GNU
> Autohell), but we like it.
>
> --
>
> Next on our agenda is starting the "Welcome-to-FOSS" series:
>
> http://welcome.foss.org.il/2009/
>
> We're looking for volunteer presenters and backup presenters. Currently our
> agenda is here:
>
> http://wiki.osdc.org.il/index.php/Welcome_to_FOSS_-_2009
>
> We are always looking for presentations on interesting topics. If you have
> an interesting idea for a talk, feel free to contact us and we'll
> co-ordinate a date.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
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Re: How to say in Hebrew "intermittent"?
Thanks, all, I have settled on לסירוגין as it seems to be the most accurate. I have no problem with using a Psycometry word or a technical term as I expect that the audience is intelligent and technically-inclined. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Current recommendations for Linux-compatible printer?
Hello Oleg, Thanks for the link. However my purpose in asking for recommendations was to get feedback from actual people, who actually print under Linux. When buying the CX3200, I vetted it using Linux compatibility guides and it indeed proved to be compatible (both printing and scanning). However, it turned out to have been designed to make ink as expensive as possible. Such a defect would have been revealed only by testimonials of real people. --- Omer On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 19:02 +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Omer, > > Check out http://www.linuxprinting.org/ or go directly to > http://www.openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi (you can get to it from > the first link if you go to fatabase -> Printers). -- Sent from a PC running a top secret test version of Windows 97. My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
