Re: [seul-edu] Linux in classrooms

[Emilio Gerardo Milian <egmilian@gene.com>]

Yes, but my question is, that it appears to have two installations. and
I would like to use the install that is there already. I'm thinking that
the directory needs to be accessed by all users.

In your case, it would seem that each user would have to install their
own copy. We don't have space on the hard drive for that and don't think
it is necessary. Please let me know if this right or if I'm missing
something.

Emilio

Michael Williams wrote:
> 
> 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