Re: Who is using Debian-Edu
On Wednesday, 15-05-2024 at 07:32 Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 01:30:26PM +1000, Kirkham, George wrote:
> > How are you today? I hope you well and are not too busy and have
> > time to reply to my email.
>
> well, I am well and too busy to reply to some nice long email of some
> random stranger :/
I do not need to be a stranger. If you ever have time, we can connect up with Video Conferencing. Though time zones can be annoying.
However I understand you are busy, so thank you very much for your response!
Who am I? I am a retired IT professional.
I started work as a Radio And TV Mechanic apprentice in 1974.
Purchased a TRS 80 Clone computer (Dick Smith System 80) around 1980 hoping to work out what "computers" were.
Left the work force for two years to complete an Associate Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
While working in a Telecommunications company started writing programs to automate manual tasks. This led me to completed a Bachelor of IT.
Over time, I worked with Visual Basic programming, Window Desktop SOE for 5,000 workstations, and finally supporting a small company (20 people) with all things IT, including Linux email and Web server.
Now that I am retired, I like using Linux, like setting up https://jitsi.goproject.info from my home for a small group of retires to talk about Linux. VC started because of COVID, otherwise the meeting was 'in person'.
My wife has used Linux as her primary desktop a few time over the past 20 years, whenever she found various versions of Windows unstable, before going back to Windows once Windows became more stable. With Windows 11 coming, she is currently trailing Debian KDE for primary desktop.
Thank you for your reply,
George.
>
> > I am curious if Debian-Edu is being used anywhere ? That is how many
> > people are using it, and which schools and/or other organisations are
> > using Debian-Edu?
>
> who knows? maybe less then 10y ago, maybe more>
>
> > After searching the Internet, Google was not returning any information
> > about people or groups using Debian-Edu. Whether this was because
> > there are none, or because my search skills are lacking, or because
> > some internet filters were stopping me form reaching them, I don't
> > know. For example I cannot reach skolelinux? I believe it no longer
> > exists or goes under different names, but I cannot determine what
> > happened or where Debian-Edu is currently promoted. I can only find
> > where I can download the Debian-Edu distribution.
> >
> > An error occurred during a connection to www.skolelinux.org.
> > An error occurred during a connection to www.skolelinux.de.
> > Forbidden Apache Server at www.friprogramvareiskolen.no Port 80
> > "Linux in the school" has changed its name to "Free software in the
> > school"
> > The homepage will therefore be moved to www.friprogramvareiskolen.no.
> > The board has moved its website to
> > http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/Styret/ under Skolelinux's
> > website.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you want to know why I am interested. I have been a Debian user for
> > a number of years. With the life cycle of Windows 10 coming to an end,
> > Windows 11 not supporting older hardware, I wonder if Linux can make
> > good use of this time to get more people using it.
>
> of course it can ̇
>
> >
> > I live in Australia. Here in Australia I think there are a few people
> > who are willing to use Linux as their primary OS, mostly a few retired
> > people, and a few IT professionals. When it comes to IT professionals
> > even those who work with Linux servers tend to use Windows on their
> > laptops (or company desktops). I think this is sad, but it is what I
> > see happening.
>
> i'm cc:ing sunweaver@debian.org but I really suggest you mail debian-edu@lists.debian.org, because
> "sunweaver" can "only" tell you how Debian Edu is used in norther Germany and
> elsewhere, but also, he is way too busy :( so he will probably not reply.
>
> > As for schools, here in Australia many schools use either Windows or
> > move to Google Chrome. Sadly I have never heard of an Australia
> > school using Linux.
> >
> > I look forward to seeing a greater adoption of Linux by the general
> > community. But will this ever be a reality?
>
> 20y ago i was in a talk about the ghandi motto/mantra:
>
> first they ignore you
> then they laugh at you
> then they fight you
> then you win
>
> 20y ago, linux in india was already on the stage between fight and win. i'm sure
> australia will follow soon! ;)
>
> >
> > If you have time, I would appreciate chatting with your (or anyone
> > else who is involved in Debian-Edu), about Linux adoption, etc. While
> > I know a few people who use Linux either personally or professionally,
> > I don't know anyone who is actually interested in promoting or
> > improving Linux.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > George.
> >
> >
> > FYI: My first introduction to Linux was Slackware back in 1995. I am
> > currently using Debian with either XFCE or (recently started using)
> > KDE Plasma.
>
> --
> cheers,
> Holger
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