X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/43719816ccf5f73f0cc44de27b6e32de188f187a..cec140bdf2d777199acb4d7c14066d510ce3ff93:/blog/data/2013-12-25-skolelinux-dominik-george.txt diff --git a/blog/data/2013-12-25-skolelinux-dominik-george.txt b/blog/data/2013-12-25-skolelinux-dominik-george.txt index 6e7d0412a2..26d614c924 100644 --- a/blog/data/2013-12-25-skolelinux-dominik-george.txt +++ b/blog/data/2013-12-25-skolelinux-dominik-george.txt @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ Title: Debian Edu interview: Dominik George Tags: english, debian edu, intervju -Date: 2013-12-22 09:50 +Date: 2013-12-25 13:40 -
The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project consist of both newcomers and -old timers, and this time I was able to get an interview with a -newcomer in the project who showed up on the IRC channel a few weeks -ago to let us know about his successful installation of Skolelinux in -his School. Say hello to Dominik George.
+The Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project consist of both newcomers and old timers, and this time I +was able to get an interview with a newcomer in the project who showed +up on the IRC channel a few weeks ago to let us know about his +successful installation of Debian Edu Wheezy in his School. Say hello +to Dominik +George.
@@ -40,14 +42,14 @@ and cycling. project?I think that happened some time around 2009 when I first attended
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The first time I actively talked to Skolelinux people was at
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Secondly, there are marketing reasons. Life's bad, and so no -politician will ever permit a setup described as "Debain, an universal +politician will ever permit a setup described as "Debian, an universal operating system, with some really cool educational tools" while they will be jsut fine with "Skolelinux, a single-purpose solution for your school network", even if both turn out to be the very same thing (yes, @@ -112,23 +114,23 @@ year.
I run Debian GNU/Linux on all PC systems I use. On that, I mostly
run text tools. I use
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However, while I am personally aware of the fact that text tools
are more efficient and powerful than anything else, I also use (or at
least operate) some tools that are suitable to bring open source to
-kids. One of these things is
Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to @@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ side is what I have experienced.
I believe that the right strategy is showing them the benefits. But that won't work out as long as the acceptance of free alternatives grows globally. What I mean is that if all the kids are almost forced -to use Windows, facebook, Skype, you name it at home, they will not +to use Windows, Facebook, Skype, you name it at home, they will not see why they would want to use alternatives at school. I have seen students take seat in front of a fully-functional, modern Debian desktop that could do anything their Windows at home could do, and @@ -154,15 +156,15 @@ if we had instead used it to bring education to parts of the world that need it? I have, and found it to be nothing less dramatic than plain criminal.
-That said, the only feasable way appears to be the bottom up +
That said, the only feasible way appears to be the bottom up
method. We have to bring free software to kids and parents. I have
founded an association named
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