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On Thursday 16 August 2007 15:12, Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Mark Jose <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Thursday 16 August 2007 09:31, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> This looks interesting too, open cd education edition, > >> > >> http://www.theopencd.org/education > >> > >> Paul > > > > I couldn't spot any list of what the cd includes. The list of programs > > seems to link to the standard OpenCD contents. Could be me of course - is > > there a list? > > You have to follow the Mininova link provided. > > Here's the description... > > Finally the first 'proper' release! A fork from the popular > theopencd.org, this software is aimed directly at students aged 10-21+ > giving the necessary tools to help them complete homework/coursework > assignments and succeed in school without the need for rich/generous > parents/guardians to buy them the tools they need, or having to resort > to piracy. This is the first proper release and most of the spelling, > grammar, navigation and layout issues should have been fixed from the > betas. A lot of product pages have been updated with more kid friendly > speech, some graphics have been revamped, and new versions of several > applications are included (see changes below). Please help out by > giving to friends, family, enemies and school teachers. Help make > education accessible for all. > > Software includes: > > Open Office > Dia - new version! > Scribus > GanttProject > FreeMind > PDF Creator > > Firefox - new version! > Thunderbird > Pidgin - new version! > NVU > RSSOwl > > GIMP - new version! > Inkscape > Blender > Tuxpaint - new version! > > VLC - new version! > Jashaka > Audacity > Infra Recorder - new version! > > Nasa Worldwind > GraphCalc > Celestia > Stellarium > > and many more.... > > All software should be used in accordance with its own licence and we > can take no responsibility for what this cd may do to your machines! > Though I doubt that a html cd can do very much. > > Please feel free to distribute to friends, family, enemies and school > teachers/technicians. > > Everything here runs on the Windows operating system, each program has > different specs, check them out their own websites. Feedback to > openeducationcd (atttter) yahoo (dottter) com Thanks! Thanks Rob. A couple of projects I have not come across there, so I shall check those out Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html