Re: [seul-edu] Linux in classrooms

[Michael Williams <michael@haywood.k12.nc.us>]

Whoops, the user setup is located in /usr/local/office52/bin :)

Michael Williams wrote:

> I installed StarOffice as root using the setup -net option. I installed it
> to /usr/local/office52 then as a regular user ran setup from
> /usr/local/office52 which installed a workstation version to my home
> directory.
>
> Michael Williams
> http://www.k12linux.org
>
> Emilio Gerardo Milian wrote:
>
> > Hello:
> > My name is Emilio Milian, and am the Linux instructor at the South San
> > Francisco Adult Education Center.
> > Our school just started our first Linux course and we had great turnout,
> > so much the school decided to add a second class session starting this
> > November.
> >
> > In August, I visited Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. While I was there
> > I visited the "Red Escolar" in Guadalajara to see first hand their use
> > of Linux in the Mexican schools. My visit started at one of their
> > administrative offices, and was invited to return to visit a grade
> > school. This was in a "humble" industrial neighborhood of Guadalajara,
> > they were running Linux as a maill server, providing internet
> > connections to other PC's running Linux and Windows. Their internet
> > connection  was via dial-up as they still don't have the infrastructure
> > for ethernet.
> >
> > Some of the problems as they explained to me was the HP hardware was not
> > compatible with the version of Linux they were running, also getting
> > software to run.  A big problem was getting knowledgable people. In this
> > school of 900 students the "syssops" was a computer instructor who had
> > been given the responsibility for running the Linux box, no training, no
> > manuals, yet he on his own has trained himself to use it, and was very
> > proud to show me how he finally was able to send and receive email.
> >
> > Similar problems are also encountered by us in the USA, while our school
> > in South San Francisco is for adults, we still have similar problems.
> > One of them is traditional software. I'm learning Linux as well, since
> > others who have the knowledge have no time or is inconvenient for them
> > to help us.
> > We have installed Star Office 5.2, as root, but unable to use it as
> > users. I believe the file privileges have to be changed.  Would anyone
> > let me know what I have to do to have the entire class be able to use
> > Star Office as regular user?
> >
> > Our school web site is:
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/linux/linux1.html
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Emilio G. MIlian