Netbook interface

2010-08-18 Thread Charl Wentzel
Hi Guys Just joined the list, so my apologies if someone else asked this question before... I just installed Edubuntu on my Netbook for two reasons: - for my own kids - to demonstrate to Horison Laerskool (an ongoing personal project) The installer shows a very nice netbook interface and the sit

Acer Netbooks + Edubuntu

2010-08-19 Thread Charl Wentzel
now, may expand to Southern Africa later) Please let me know if you think you have a project that would be interested and how many units might be involved. Best regards Charl Wentzel -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://l

Re: Acer Netbooks + Edubuntu

2010-08-23 Thread Charl Wentzel
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 12:15 +0200, Lenin wrote: > Looks promising. > > We have to set up the lab in one of the primary school classrooms. For cost > considerations we most probably will have to go for a thin client setup, but > I do agree (the admin people at school also) that portable solutions

Re: 10.04 upgrade from 8.04 firefox issues and other user settings

2010-08-27 Thread Charl Wentzel
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 11:03 -0400, Nicolas Roussi wrote: > I have recently upgraded to 10.04 but now all my users have issues and > I wanted to reset all their preferences. Do you recommend this > command: > sudo rm > -rf /home/*/.gnome /home/*/.gnome2 /home/*/.gconf /home/*/.gconfd > /home/*/.met

Re: Ubuntu in Education resources from Canonical

2010-09-03 Thread Charl Wentzel
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 08:50 -0500, Belinda Lopez wrote: > Wow - I've already been blown away by the work being done in the > Education sector. Ubuntu in schools, just makes sense. Yesterday I > was directed to this great map showing schools in Finland with Ubuntu > deployments: > http://bit.ly/a

Re: Life after LTSP

2010-11-11 Thread Charl Wentzel
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 20:20 -0500, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > There is another interesting option. > > > Bootable USB sticks loaded with open source software. > It's interesting how the world has changed and how we need to adapt to this. For most projects it means thinking at a different le

Re: edubuntu on Unity/Netbook ?

2010-12-09 Thread Charl Wentzel
On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 11:01 +, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: > I belive it is possible to bring the educational packages of edubunto > into a "normal" ubuntu. Is this true ? Can this be done via synaptic or > apt ? What would be the simplest way ? Goto Synaptic click on the search button in the t

Re: edubuntu on Unity/Netbook ?

2010-12-09 Thread Charl Wentzel
On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 13:31 +, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: > On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 14:57 +0200, Charl Wentzel wrote: > > > install the Netbook edition on it. And I also wish to load it with > > all > > > the edubuntu education stuff for my kids. > > > &g

Re: Pay what you want for a educational bundle

2012-10-05 Thread Charl Wentzel
Hi Eric This looks really great! Are you saying that this software is only available in French? Although you say that in your email below, your website does not mention this fact. That would be a pitty, because I'd be really interested if it is available in English. Regards Charl On 05/10