[TriLUG] Free Linux PC (FLPC)

Andrew Ball anball at gmail.com
Tue May 8 01:05:12 EDT 2007


It might be a larger group than you think.  I fell in love with programming
on my Apple IIc in 5th grade
and used Logo a few years before that.

Peace.
Andrew


On 5/7/07, Kevin Jones <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well, my thought is that we need to get some of the free content online
> that would be entertaining and informative. There's tons of it when you
> start looking. For instance, download the democracy player (
> www.getdemocracy.com) and do a search for "educational". Most videos are
> in Flash as are a great many interactive educational programs. One such site
> I really like is www.starfall.com.
>
> The idea is to provide enough quality software to make the computer
> engaging and fun. If there are some good open source educational programs
> (such as Celestia) that would be useful as well. What I'd like to do is
> compile all of the software in to an interactive CD that would be easy to
> distribute and navigate by the end user. The target audience is 1st-5th
> graders. Programming and modeling software would only be interesting to a
> very select group of the recipients (if any at all) and would likely not be
> worth giving out to most of the kids in this age group.
>
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 7, 2007 7:05:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Free Linux PC (FLPC)
>
> what kind of content are you looking for? educational, modeling,
> programming, gaming...?
>
> On 5/7/07, Kevin Jones <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > We don't have very many DVD's so we're pushing more for whatever can fit
> > on CD's. Edubuntu and several others will likely work well enough for
> the
> > distro, but we still need content (Linux-accessible being key, such as
> > Flash-based files).
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Monday, May 7, 2007 6:32:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Free Linux PC (FLPC)
> >
> >
> > what do you want on the CD? Might it be worth customizing the Knoppix
> DVD
> > and using that as your distro of choice?
> >
> > I've done some customizing work on Knoppix in the past (for my previous
> > employer) to replace carrying cases of laptops out to do lab classes
> (just
> > take a CD wallet).
> >
> > WMM
> >
> > On 5/7/07, Kevin Jones <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > We are starting a FLPC event in the Upstate SC area and I'm wondering
> if
> > > any folks in the TriState area have tried something similar. If so,
> any
> > > suggestions and experiences would be welcome. We are getting donated
> > > equipment from local businesses (mostly folks on the list at this
> point)
> > and
> > > putting a distro (still determining the best option-s) on them for low
> > > income kids. We are looking everywhere online to find free content
> that
> > we
> > > can put on a cd for distribution as well.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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