Re: Debian-edu/Skolelinux and Edubuntu cooperation
On Sunday 08 May 2005 23:33, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Sun, 8 May 2005, Arnt Ove Gregersen wrote:
> > The unpredictable and not-so-frequent releases of Debian worries me.
>
> Is it worriing *you* or your *users*.
It is my worries, but not mine alone. I have been told the same from people
using, adminstrating, providing or evaluating Skolelinux.
I am not a system administator, but I have been working in a voluntary
"resource group" helping local schools getting started with Skolelinux.
> Wanting the latest and greatest
> software is a very developer centric point of view. Keeping your users
> busy by providing frequently changing applications might not be the
> most important thing you should focus on. It is more the other way
> around I'm observing in a similar target user group: GIVE ME BACK MY
> GOOD OLD VERSION I KNOW AND I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH INSTEAD OF KEEPING
> ME BUSY WITH LEARNING THIS NEW VERSION! (Sorry, my users were shouting
> and thus I uses capital letters.)
I understand, but as mentioned later in this thread a lot of the good
educational software is not available in the current Debian version without
backports. (Correct me if I am wrong)
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Best regards
Arnt Ove Gregersen
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you
win.",M Gandhi
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