Let us ask IATA and find out! Someone here may well support Debian
or Slackware too.
We, through lklug can promote the truly free versions of Linux.
Debian, Slackware and distros based on these are OK. I agree that
schools will not need support and that if any such support is needed,
we should allow this support to develop in Sri Lanka itself. This
will happen naturally if Linux is so deployed in Schools. What must be
avoided is for IATA or the Ministry of Education to close such
activities or restrict the freedom of Linux and FOSS development and
support say to few companies.
Nandalal
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:12:53 +0600, Deependra Ariyadewa
<deependra@???> wrote:
> let me explain
>
> this project is not a small one . ICTA is going to sell more than
> 100000 computers with linux to school and government servents. cost
> per computer arround 30000 with intel hardware.
>
> so why are we going to depend on company backing distros like Fedora
> and Mandrake.
> whats happen if big guys linke N.. or ..BM buy those distos. :((
>
> If we go in to this kind of large scale we can adopt our technology with Debian.
> It is really free.. if we think about sustainable developmenet we
> should make the correct
> decession.
>
> sometimes good things are not looks good.
>
> GNU/Deep
>
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I really agree with Chintana. Knoppix, Mandrake & Fedora are best for
> > beginners.
> >
> > When some one asks for more, we can point him/her to debian.
> >
> > Bye,
> > Tharindu
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:03:45 +0600, "Chintana Wilamuna"
> >
> >
> > <chintanaw@???> said:
> > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:37:39 +0600, Deependra Ariyadewa
> > > <deependra@???> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Is it really necessary for schools to go
> > > > > for support?
> > > >
> > > > no .
> > > > Debian is the best option.. they got the most number of packege.
> > >
> > > I disagree. Considering the mindset of the students going
> > > to use GNU/Linux I think Fedora or Mandrake may be the
> > > best choice. The no. of packages will make no difference.
> > >
> > > I've seen that Mandrake comes with all the necessary
> > > apparatus for multimedia (mp3, movies etc...)
> > >
> > > The moment they see some cool stuff in the computer labs
> > > at school they want to get it running at their home machines.
> > > And they _do_ want the same thing with the same version
> > > (I've seen this too many times, including the uni env!) Not
> > > necessarily GNU/Linux but any software for that matter.
> > >
> > > And Knoppix can also play a major role but when it comes
> > > to get in installed it's a bit of a PITA. Students do get home
> > > work everyday (horrible stuff, can't believe I went through
> > > all this sh!t)
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > >
> > > -Chintana
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > http://www.linux.lk/~chintana/
> > > http://gnulog.blogspot.com/
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