Teacher threatens to call the cops over Linux

Burnsy2023 · 12 Dec 2008 at 01:30

Tefal said:
I think it;s defiantly a pee take after readong the "mission statement"

You took your time to realise, I was hoping I could milk this a bit more but ho hum...

mrk · 12 Dec 2008 at 01:51

This thread has made me want to build a cheap HTPC running Linux ¬_¬

Best place to start (Linux wise) ? I''ve never used Linux before but I'm no blunt and pick things up fast

Aod · 12 Dec 2008 at 02:08

mrk said:
This thread has made me want to build a cheap HTPC running Linux ¬_¬

Best place to start (Linux wise) ? I''ve never used Linux before but I'm no blunt and pick things up fast

Ubuntu is a good choice for beginners

mrk · 12 Dec 2008 at 02:11

I'm assuming installation of drivers etc are all built in!?

Aod · 12 Dec 2008 at 02:23

mrk said:
I'm assuming installation of drivers etc are all built in!?

yep

try out the live CD. it'll give you a good example of the OS's functionality and useability without having to install anything. beat that vista!

mrk · 12 Dec 2008 at 02:34

Cool cheers, now to source out a cheap htpc build!

Pestilence · 12 Dec 2008 at 03:01

Bought the Mrs. a netbook for crimbo with Linux on. It'll be up to her though whether I install XP instead when it arrives.

Personally hoping she sticks with Linux as I'd like to have a poke around there myself.

SexyGreyFox · 12 Dec 2008 at 07:44

I worked in a Juvenile prison and there was 2 Linux based PC's in the IT room.
Every now & then one of the lads had to go on those PC's and it caused so much bother (arguing & fighting) they ended up removing the PC's.

DampCat · 12 Dec 2008 at 09:04

Pestilence said:
Bought the Mrs. a netbook for crimbo with Linux on. It'll be up to her though whether I install XP instead when it arrives.

Personally hoping she sticks with Linux as I'd like to have a poke around there myself.

I've done the same for my partner. I've taken Linux off for XP, but only because she's nearing the end of her masters degree and the last thing she needs right now is to learn a new OS and work out which programs will be compatible with the pprinters and programs she uses at Uni!

Hopefully when she's done she'll let me put linux back on though.

Shadez · 12 Dec 2008 at 10:09

mrk said:
This thread has made me want to build a cheap HTPC running Linux ¬_¬

Best place to start (Linux wise) ? I''ve never used Linux before but I'm no blunt and pick things up fast

funnily enough ive just thought the same thing.....

LordSplodge · 12 Dec 2008 at 10:14

Burnsy2023 said:
That really is shocking. Windows is an important platform for kids to learn, but it shouldn't be the only platform.

At Primary School level maybe. Using a GUI operating system of any time should be second nature long before they hit Secondary School. However having spent many a years in the education system I know how poor the standard of computer education is..

The unnamed teacher apparently believed that anything that wasn't Windows was illegal and immoral.

She's American and I thought nearly all American schools used Apple computers?

How would that teachers tiny brain cope with OS X?

roid · 12 Dec 2008 at 10:15

dmpoole said:
I worked in a Juvenile prison and there was 2 Linux based PC's in the IT room.
Every now & then one of the lads had to go on those PC's and it caused so much bother (arguing & fighting) they ended up removing the PC's.

What they were fighting to get onto the linux computer?

Snakedoctor · 12 Dec 2008 at 10:17

Writing in his BOG, Ken Starks said that the letter from the unnamed school teacher showed what an uphill battle Linux people had in dealing with entrenched attitudes.

Toilet humour.

N19h7m4r3 · 12 Dec 2008 at 11:50

She should have taken those disks, destroyed them...

then given him free copies of Damn Small Linux

Atrox Moris · 12 Dec 2008 at 12:04

HeliOS ceased development in 1998. Who is still passing round those CDs? Unless there is another HeliOS I don't know about.

Will_3rd · 12 Dec 2008 at 12:09

Microsoft Zealot Schoolteacher?!?

rsatd · 12 Dec 2008 at 12:09

*Runs into the thread* "GENTOO GENTOO!!!" *Runs away*

Whiskas · 12 Dec 2008 at 12:37

rsatd said:
*Runs into the thread* "GENTOO GENTOO!!!" *Runs away*

I went through a phase of using Gentoo until I decided I preferred to spend more time actually using software than compiling and installing it

Mind you, even a fairly conservatively stripped down custom-compiled kernel running under Gentoo booted up in double-quick time

Dj_Jestar · 12 Dec 2008 at 12:51

rsatd · 12 Dec 2008 at 12:53

Whiskas said:
I went through a phase of using Gentoo until I decided I preferred to spend more time actually using software than compiling and installing it

I just like portage, it has almost all the apps I could ever want and you only really install things once... Maybe twice after you figure out you want to use some more keywords.