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Re: [LUG] Open source? What's that?

 

On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 20:47 +0000, Terry Hill wrote:

> Good luck with it James, are there any others here with the knowledge
> and inclination to make similar efforts?

Dear Terry

I only have basic experience of Linux. A few years as a user with
interest in supporting GNU/Linux and doing simple things like recording
extracts of music for my daughter and updating my few web sites. So, I
am only doing 3 things.

Ask about usage of FSW and Linux in schools for students. This goes as
far as pointing out the moral responsibility of schools to students in
at least 2 areas. First to have the information and sufficient hands-on
to recognise it exists - this is a requirement of a proper education,
otherwise it denies students of a very important freedom. Second, to
enable students to have FSW so as not to be tempted to break the law to
gain access to useful programmes.

Offer myself as a potential introducer of a working Linux machine, talk
about what it means to me and demonstrate it in use.

Act as a link to this group if more is asked of me than I can deliver.

I guess we can all do the first and third, and almost all of us could do
the second, perhaps working out a session design with an IT teacher.
Inclination is important as we all have our different priorities and
ways to promote, use or develop FSW.

James

-- 
james kilty
http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk


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