Re: [Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt OSS]]

[Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 02:54:42PM -0800, William Kendrick wrote:
> Or, if you use Debian, just have a repository of software which one can
> add to their "/etc/apt/sources.list".  Then do something like:
> 
>   apt-get install task-student
>   apt-get install task-teacher
> 
> (or, better yet, "task-student-grade12", for example... to install all
> of the educational software a high school senior would need (and avoiding,
> for example, math teaching programs for 1st graders ;) ))

Two minor picky points:

1. this is better done as a Debian project than a separate apt-gettable repository
2. task-* has been superceded by the new tasksel system, so it would be more like:

# tasksel
... select "student" or "teacher" from the list ...
# apt-get upgrade

(or more typically, tasksel would be run automatically at installation time
for a new system, and the person doing the install could then use it to
designate the box as a student or teacher system)

Ben
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