| Art Alexion on 24 Nov 2009 08:42:57 -0800 |
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On Monday 23 November 2009 07:58:02 pm Lee Marzke wrote: > Does anyone have experience with using Linux and/or Netbooks in the > local public schools. My wife is assistant principal in an Abington School District elementary school. She uses an Eee 1000 with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Works fine in an otherwise MS 2003 environment. > I"ve heard that teachers are requiring PowerPoint presentation and/or > handing > out various reports on the school web site that are in microsoft > proprietary formats. That's accurate based on my experience. Keep in mind that most teachers are clueless when it comes to using computers, and that includes being proficient and in love with Powerpoint. > > 1. Do local schools really require Ms programs and how would you get > around this for > clueless teachers ? OpenOffice works very nicely with MS formats. In the Options, just change to save in MS 97/2000/XP by default. Also, uncheck the warn when not saving in Open Document, as this will cause the user undue consternation. OOo will not be compatible with Access, but that shouldn't be a problem. OOo 3.1 is more compatible with more MS formats than any MS product. Yesterday, I opened an MS Works word processing document, and an old Quattro Pro spreadsheet. MS Office can open neither. > > 2. Is the Netbook otherwise a good fit ? I personally can't see lugging > around a full > size laptop. I suppose it depends on whether this high school girl has enormous hands and arms... > > 3. Any comments on the Asus PC 1005HA, which is listed as Ubuntu Remix > compatable > LED backlight 10.5 hr battery, 160Gb disk, 95% size keyboard. I was not able to get either of the atheros network adapters working with the default install. The drivers in the backports work, but without networking, you don't have apt access to them. Download and install from USB with dpkg. Prior Eees have not had this problem. I have had absolutely no problems with the 1000, 1000h and the 1000HA. On the other hand, the 1005HA has a much nicer keyboard. This may have been fixed withing the last month since I tried it. Oh, and the eee-applet is for some reason not installed with the Ubuntu NBR default. Install it. Use it to turn wireless, bluetooth and the camera on and off to save battery. It also provides for two steps of overclocking. > -- Art Alexion Attachment:
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