Fw: [Re: [seul-edu] Linux in classrooms]

[Douglas Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 02:50:49 -0700
> From: "ninoy baranda" <ninoy_b@lycos.com>
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Linux in classrooms
> 
> Initially as root, you have to install StarOffice using the
> command:
> 
>    ./setup /net
> 
> don't forget the /net. install it on a directory that is
> accessible to all users, for example :   /opt/Office51
> 
> don't install it in /root/Office51, since this will not be
> accessible to ordinary users.
> 
> after this initial installation, each users can install
> Staroffice by logging on to their user. Then they have to run
> setup again:
> 
>      cd /opt/Office51/bin
>     ./setup
> 
>  or:
> 
>     /opt/Office51/bin/setup
> 
> but this time, no more '/net' option. Each user must do this.
> but the installation would only take about 3MB of disk space. 
> 
> i hope this helps. read the readme file on the disk for a
> detailed instruction.
> 
> goodluck.
> 
> ---
> Best regards and have a very nice day. cyberquest:)
> 
> 
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:57:33  
>  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
> >
> 
> 
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