Comments on: Have you switched your operating system today? http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: R. LaBanca http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/#comment-2647 R. LaBanca Tue, 31 May 2005 13:31:37 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/#comment-2647 Another "Live" CD called UBUNTU is also available. I liked Ubuntu so much that I installed it as a second OS on my system for the purpose of showing my students that there are other operating systems. One class I showed said "Linux, thats the Penquin thing right?" www.ubuntu.org Another “Live” CD called UBUNTU is also available. I liked Ubuntu so much that I installed it as a second OS on my system for the purpose of showing my students that there are other operating systems. One class I showed said “Linux, thats the Penquin thing right?”
http://www.ubuntu.org

]]> By: Alfred Thompson http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/#comment-2644 Alfred Thompson Fri, 27 May 2005 13:37:26 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/#comment-2644 The donated computer "problem" is not really a problem with Microsoft's <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/education/freshstart/freshstart.asp" rel="nofollow"> Project FreshStart</a>. The Fresh Start for Donated Computers program was set up specifically for primary and secondary (K-12) institutions to help eliminate confusion about whether donated personal computers have a legitimate operating system license. The program provides license documentation and Windows installation CDs—at no cost—for an original Windows operating system on qualifying donated personal computers. The donated computer “problem” is not really a problem with Microsoft’s Project FreshStart. The Fresh Start for Donated Computers program was set up specifically for primary and secondary (K-12) institutions to help eliminate confusion about whether donated personal computers have a legitimate operating system license. The program provides license documentation and Windows installation CDs—at no cost—for an original Windows operating system on qualifying donated personal computers.

]]> By: Christopher Harris http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/#comment-2643 Christopher Harris Fri, 27 May 2005 12:58:22 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2005/05/27/have-you-switched-your-operating-system-today/#comment-2643 Knoppix is also a great way to try out OpenOffice with no installation worries. Why, you ask, should I try OpenOffice? The answer, oddly enough, isn't so you can install OpenOffice (though that is a good idea as well), but so that you can get a risk-free/no-install trial of Sun's StarOffice. <a href="http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.xml" rel="nofollow">StarOffice</a>, a full MS Office replacement, offers a sweet deal to K-12 education users. Free. Not just free, but FREE. As in free K-12 <a href="http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/solutions/download/staroffice_binary_license.pdf" rel="nofollow">site license</a>, free student and teacher <a href="http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/solutions/staroffice_agreement.pdf" rel="nofollow">take home license</a>, free <a href="http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/programs/sai/" rel="nofollow">Star Office training</a>, and much more. Oh...and contrary to what many sites will try and tell you, you even get the <a href="http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/solutions/staroffice.html#StarOffice" rel="nofollow">software for free</a>. Knoppix is also a great way to try out OpenOffice with no installation worries. Why, you ask, should I try OpenOffice? The answer, oddly enough, isn’t so you can install OpenOffice (though that is a good idea as well), but so that you can get a risk-free/no-install trial of Sun’s StarOffice.

StarOffice, a full MS Office replacement, offers a sweet deal to K-12 education users. Free. Not just free, but FREE. As in free K-12 site license, free student and teacher take home license, free Star Office training, and much more. Oh…and contrary to what many sites will try and tell you, you even get the software for free.

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