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I just received this this afternoon.  If any of you are in the San 
Diego area, please contact Walt immediately, as this demo is for 1 PM 
tomorrow.  I don't know just how much we can help on such short 
notice, but let's do whatever we can.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Linux - Schools
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 16:30:16 -0700
From: Walt Pennington <w_pennington@yahoo.com>
To: Douglas Loss <drloss@suscom.net>
References: <E17D9Vm-0005RE-00@tisch.mail.mindspring.net> 
<3CF552EE.2010107@suscom.net>

Kevin Decker from the office of Assemblymember Howard Wayne (78th 
Assembly District)
George Balgos from the office of Assemblymember Juan Vargas (79th 
Assembly District)
Jimmy Jackson from the office of Senator Dede Alpert (39th Senate 
District)

We are also hoping that the Governor's Deputy Director - San Diego 
Office, will attend the meeting.

We also have a reporter and photographer from the San Diego 
Union-Tribune (http://www.uniontrib.com  circulation 800,000+) coming 
to the meeting to feature Linux in a late June edition of the newspaper.

Date for Meeting:  May 30, 2002 at 1pm

Location:
Delphi Research
3954 Murphy Canyon Road
Suite D-200
San Diego, CA 92123

The purpose for the meeting is to show legislators that an alternative
operating systems exist, and use of those systems can benefit both 
students, the development community and the entities required to pay 
for software.

School IT administrators unfamiliar with Linux exhibit reluctance in 
adopting Linux if the applications are too difficult to load.  To 
eliminate that reluctance, would you ask the developers of popular 
academic applications to consider an .rpm format for the software.  I 
belive the ease of installation would help us in gaining adoption of 
Linux in southern California.

Sincerely,
Walt Pennington








On Wednesday 29 May 2002 03:15 pm, you wrote:
 > Walt Pennington wrote:
 > > Representatives from three southern California legislators are 
coming to
 > > evalutate Linux for its use in schools and we are seeking 
information on
 > > school applications that are easy to load.
 >
 > When are they coming?  With your permission I'll send your message on
 > the the mailing lists we run dealing with such things and maybe we can
 > get you some valuable advise and assistance.
 >
 > > We found the list of applications, but it appears that most of the
 > > applications are in the "tar.gz" format.
 >
 > That's probably right.
 >
 > > I tried to search for .rpm files, but found no results.  In my 
attempts
 > > to load three of the .tar.gz files, I have been unsuccessful.
 >
 > Again, if we have some time we may be able to get someone to help you
 > out with the installs.
 >
 > > Are any of the files in the .rpm format?  If so, how can I search for
 > > them on your site?
 >
 > I'm CCing this message to Les Richardson, who maintains the database.
 >   Les, would it be possible to search for RPMs in the download field?
 >   It's worth mentioning, Walt, that where there are multiple package
 > types available for download we usually just list the webpage you can
 > donwload them all from.  So there may be more RPMs available that is
 > immediately evident from our Index.
 >
 > > Do any of the school applications come with the versions of Red 
Hat, SuSE
 > > or Mandrake?  Are any of the applications on an easy to download 
CD, and
 > > if so, where can I purchase the CD?
 >
 > We're in the planning stages of creating just such an ISO image of a
 > CD, but we don't have it in place yet and probably won't in time for
 > your demo.  The K12LTSP distribution is a version of RedHat Linux
 > created by some teachers and technicians at a school district in
 > Portland, Oregon which does come with a number of educational
 > applications ready for installation.  You may want to look into it.
 > <http://www.k12ltsp.org>
 >
 > You may also want to look at AUC <http://auc.sourceforge.net>.  The
 > fellow who wrote and maintains it, David Moore, is (still, I think) a
 > student at CalTech.  I'm sure he'd be interested in helping get it
 > properly installed for your demonstration.  Incidentally, he wrote the
 > biggest part of AUC (Authenticated User Community) when he was
 > finishing high school in Maryland.  That information might be useful
 > in showing the utility of Linux in a high school setting--the students
 > can be enlisted in the design and maintenance of the computer network
 > rather than just trying to break it.
 >
 > One more.  OpenWebSchool <http://www.openwebschool.de/index_en.html>
 > is an application written in Germany that's intended to let older
 > students create learning units for the use of younger students.  It's
 > also a tar.gz-packaged download.  But I'm sure that if we find some
 > local assistance for you it can be installed fairly easily.



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