A baby-step in the right direction...

[Stu]

Our students computer use is pretty much limited to online research,
video tutorials, and manuals, etc. One of my first Linux converts, an
instructor who is actually much more knowledgeable about computers than
I am, tells me that there is *nothing* we use in the classroom that
can't be replaced with an open source alternative. 
Free software availability is a big plus to individuals, though. Of the
dozen or so people that I have migrated to a Linux OS on their own
computers, most of them take about 20 minutes to get familiar with it,
then they take off on their own. My hope is to have enough Linux savvy
Home users to establish in-house training through a company based LUG to
mainline the rest if/when a company wide migration happens.

On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 08:30 -0700, Brian Cluff wrote:
> Make sure to do your home work on whatever software you are proposing at 
> the time.
> For instance, if you want to propose the GIMP, make sure that you have 
> teaching materials, tutorials and other support sites at hand so that 
> whoever takes a look at your recommendation will immediately see that it 
> is a serious contender.
> 
> Make sure you point out that all of this software is available to the 
> students at home at no cost.  It's a lot easier for students to work on 
> assignments when any computer that they work on, including their own can 
> have the software available that they need.
> 
> Brian
> 
> Stu wrote:
> > Thanks! Phase II of my plan is to show it to my co-workers, and get them
> > to request it on their computers as well...
> > Today, the intranet... tomorrow, the WORLD!
> > 	...Muwhahahaha!
> > 
> > On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 15:37 -0700, AZ RUNE wrote:
> >> That is awesome and good work
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Stu <wien33 at cox.net> wrote:
> >>                Just this past week, I finally convinced our new IT
> >>         director to install
> >>         the Windows version of Inkscape on my work computer since I've
> >>         been
> >>         using it for the past several years anyway.
> >>                A baby-step in the right direction for them, and I can
> >>         finally take my
> >>         old laptop home!
> >>         
> >>                Stu
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