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Zup: Newsletter for February 2010

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 19, 2010 - 09:11

Dear Colleagues and Friends of Free and Open Sources in and for Education:

This is the first newsletter of http://flossed.org for 2010 -- a long time coming.

A number of you were at the conference which KIS International School hosted in Bangkok last year (Halloween!).  That date was chosen as appropriate to the anniversary of the famous Microsoft Halloween Letters.  http://catb.org/~esr/halloween/index.html -- a good read for a laugh and background info.
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RMS @ FLossEdBK on 'Why Say GNU+Linux'

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 19, 2010 - 08:53

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Open Admin on Virtual Box

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 19, 2010 - 08:34
18 Feb from Schoolforge and Les Richardson
 
Hello Forgers!  (err.... School Forgers!)

I have a version of Open Admin for Schools 4.5 running on VirtualBox.
This will allow anyone using Windows and other O/S's
to be able to run Open Admin fairly easily.  We don't have any
instructions yet for the Virtual Box setup although these should be
available shortly.
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Open Sis 4.6 for Mysql Released

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 19, 2010 - 08:30

From Schoolforge by Casey Adams:

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FLossEd Related Blog Feeds

Searching the Web for those with something useful, interesting and, hopefully, inspiring, we found ... the following.  If you have a suggestion for this page, please use the contact form to let us know. Read more »

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The Ultimate Netbook Operating System: Jolicloud

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 15, 2010 - 21:46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dhgZEpakz8
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Designing Apps for Netbooks

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 15, 2010 - 21:14

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Best Online Collaboration Tools of 2009?

Submitted by David Bucknell on February 15, 2010 - 09:37

Here's an interesting one posted on schoolforge-discuss. It's called "Robin Good's Collaborative Map" and it's on MIndmeister.com:

http://www.mindmeister.com/fr/maps/show_public/12213323

What's missing? How could it be rearranged for the purposes of flossed?

(This message/post is also testing the members' Web-to-mailing-list functionality.)

Linux Distribution Chooser

Submitted by David Bucknell on January 30, 2010 - 21:36

Here's a very slick tool.  It's fun to vary your needs to see what different suggestions it gives you.

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true

I'll add this to the /links list.

FLossEdBk Meet Up

Submitted by David Bucknell on January 30, 2010 - 19:34
Feb 28 2010 16:19
Asia/Bangkok
Time to meet up: Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 4:30 PM (16:30). Seasonings Restaurant, Next to the Victory Monument BTS stop on Soi Rang Nam near Century Plaza and just before King Power (going into the soi) on the right.  Agenda: What FLOSS tools could a school use for ... come with your needs and experiences and share your expertise.  Mick suggested this before and it's good as it has free wireless and it's low-key.
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