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[LUG] software cd's for oss / floss[Fwd: Re: [marketing-educ] BECTA Announces UK Schools IT Reviews]

 
Hi
I know a few of the group are working on cd's I spotted this on the marketing-educ mailing list and replied, and this is the response well it includes my posting, so it looks like some of the work will already be done, so perhaps this would be useful to us. and save people time if they are just starting out producing a similar cd. 
hope this helps

Paul
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Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:


Hi,

Combining Paul's post, too....


On 2006-01-15, at 11:12 , Sophie Gautier wrote:


Hi Michael, Louis,
Louis Suarez-Potts a écrit :



On 2006-01-15, at 13:13 , Paul Sutton wrote:
The Devon and cornwall Lug have similar ideas as to try and promote OSS to business and education sectors, so this would be of interest too. 


Hi,
On 2006-01-15, at 07:13 , Michael Devenish wrote:
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Okay, as long as the core elements of what OOo is and does  remains  
intact. ie, the list of components, languages, platforms;  the open- 
source project, etc.  If you are going to do this, can  you pass it 
by  this or the marketing list (dev@marketing) so that  others can  
benefit?  What I would like is for schools throughout  the world  
to  have access to similar tools.



National Education in France and Mutualibre Consortium are working  
on a CD containing FLOSS software, Apple is also partner. You'll  
find them here for Windows, Linux and Mac, this the list for Linux  
for example :

http://ade.education.euro.apple.com/ll/CD_Linux/softs/index.html

This is a work in progres but the first cds have been tested last  
month.

Thanks for the information Sophie, nice to know Apple are supporting 
FLOSS software.

Thanks!  I think it would be great to have an ISO of OOo for  
education (primary/secondary) that could be aggregated with other  
FOSS stuff. Size might be an issue, esp. if we include documentation,  
etc.  But I think it would be worthwhile, esp. if Apple and other  
major companies get involved in distributing or otherwise promoting  
such a CD in Europe.

It might be that the CD becomes platform specific (win / mac / linux) 
although I like the combination of win32 applications and a bootable 
linux on the one CD. I think the developers of TheOpenCD are considering 
a win32-FOSS only version in the future.

The CDROM project (part of Distribution) at http:// 
distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ has been making cd images (ISOs)  
of OOo plus documentation and other things. The latest one is quite  
large but I'm thinking it would be the logical place to work on an  
image for education purposes.  I'm cc'ing Alex Fisher, the lead of  
the project, here. He might be interested in hosting or helping with  
the CD image that Michael refers to.  Alex, perhaps a category in  
CDROM project for education? I can work with you to grant content  
developer privileges if needed.

There is also a blog dedicated to free software for primary school  
here :http://logicielslibresdegre1.joueb.com/



Merci :-)


Going slightly off-topic, could promoting free software for   
European schools be eligible for obtaining EU funding?

Probably. I think that Sophie Gautier would be a good person to  
ask  on this. As they would say in California, "dude, it's worth  a  
try." :-)  The only problem that might be encountered is that  OOo 
is  mainly just a project, not a nonprofit. Your organisation  may 
be  nonprofit, which would help, I'd imagine.



Currently there is a project initiated by Mutualibre named FREE  Free 
Ressources for Education in Europe.
This project is a branch of the European Program SOCRATES MINERVA  
and his aim is to identify, mutualize and promote software and  
servers initiatives for Education and Training in France and Europe.

Project description is here :

http://www.mutualibre.org/IMG/FREE_-_Presentation_- 
_0.5_collectivite.pdf



Thanks again !


Super. I have not had the opportunity to read the document (am in an  
airport) but will do so as soon as I can. If we can work with them,  
even though we are not independent, that would help greatly.

Sorry for all the links beeing in French.


pas problème :-)


If you are interested by this project, you'll find contact adresses  
at the end of the document. I can also introduce you, as I'm  working 
with them on the project.



Thanks, I'm quite interested, and I imagine others are, too.  My  
interest is in promoting OOo both as something for endusers of all  
levels and also as a source for development. What's also important is  
creating a record of success so that others can look upon it in  
making their own decisions.


Best

Louis


Kind regards
Sophie


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