[IMC-Tech] Operating system

[Gary Cziko]

All:

Do I notice a groundswell for open source and Ubuntu?

If we want this computer to be used by families and young people, I would
recommend Edubuntu.  It is the same as Ubuntu plus a large  number of
educational programs and games that I've been having fund with (Stéphane,
have you used any of these with your son, Paul?).

--Gary

On 3/10/06, Stephane Alnet <stephane at shimaore.net> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> > I suspect Windows on the library computer, just because people
> > will be used to the text-editing facilities on Windows.
>
> I suspect Ubuntu contains OpenOffice.org, an open-source office suite
> (text/ spreadsheet/ etc.) that closely matches MS Office.
> S. (putting his Open-Source Advocate hat on for one second)
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