Re: Teacher Package

[Bradley Burnside <bradley@voyager.net>]

    This might be a little outrageous but has anybody thought of creating your own
Linux distro?  Not from scratch, but similiar to the Linux-Mandrake project.
Their goal is to create an entire easy to use interface.  They use KDE, and put
all the office packages and software needed to be efficient on one cd.  Well, we
could do the similiar.  Put a high quality distro (i.e. RedHat) + GNOME + an easy
to use windowmanager + All the software we feel a school would need to run a nice
Linux Network, on cd.  Then schools would have their own customized version of
Linux...SEUL-linux.
    Gnome supplies probably half the packages that bob has listed below.  And the
rest could be found.  I think the entire project would be easy except the
production of cd's and the writing of installation documentation.  But if you use
a RedHat distro, you could also pack their directions, plus the seul directions
for using the extra software provided by us.
    just thinking outloud...
                brad burnside


EAMorical@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/24/99 5:20:17 PM EST, bill@tasis.ch writes:
>
> << In general this should be easy.  Someone collects the programs and makes
>  sure that they install in an appropriate manner and write a little
>  docuementation.  Then put it on a server somewhere.  (Maybe also  create a
>  tar file of it).  Then other people can download it or cut a CD-ROM.  It
>  would take some work, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.  The hardest
>  thing is predicting what people will want and need.
>
>  >Would it be possible to create a education package similiar to the way GNOME
>  >looks. I think that would be both attractive and functional. A teacher with
>  >little computer experience could have all the programs they needed in an
>  >easier than Win9x set up. The administrator would have an easier time
>  >because he could set up and control the enviroment. >>
>
> Bill,
> I thought I would give it a try, listing out some packages that people might
> want.
> Internet connectivity package (tools required for email and web browsing)
> Web page design package (tools required for designing a web page)
> Wordprocessor
> Office automation package (wordprocessor plus spreadsheet, etc.)
> Networking package
> Software development package (compiler, debugger, etc.)
> Scientific applications package
> Games package
>
> Anyway there's a start.
>
> 1999 The Year Of Linux
> Make It Happen
>
> Bob