Lately news about the support Mozilla is receiving from Google has made me think...Firefox is a great tool, specially is you use Windows. With Linux or Mac/OS you have more good choices.I promote firefox everywhere I go, specially in courses where I teach. Most of the computer labs I teach in have Windows XP, so … Continue reading Are we trying to beat one monopoly by supporting another one?
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Desktops libres help to introduce other (libres) technologies.
In Gran Canaria's College (ULPGC) we are going to give a course about Ruby on Rails during the following days. The point is where are we going to do it. The computer lab has a nice structure based on one server with CENTOS4 + XEN + 4 virtual machines with Debian, and another server with … Continue reading Desktops libres help to introduce other (libres) technologies.
What a day for standard formats and free software…
Today 3 news has came along related with standars and free software that I hope it gives light to people in general and local politics here on the Canary Islands, Sapin, about what's going on:1.- German Foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, supports ODF.2.- Open Document format (ODF) yesterday became an official standard forSouth African government communications.3.- … Continue reading What a day for standard formats and free software…
Why software libre and not free software
Reading Richard Dale's post about, among others, this issue, and after having a conversation about this with some of the people invited to II Jornadas de Software Libre conference, celebrated last week in Tenerife, I want to describe some arguments that make me say that we should stop talking about free software and begin to … Continue reading Why software libre and not free software
kdisser + latex beamer
Kdissert is an awesome app behind a simple idea. Giving talks and product presentations, you realice how hard is to make non linear presentations. When the complexity of an idea is high, sometimes you cannot express it linearly.Kdissert help you to simplify what you want to say. After you make clear your ideas, it generates … Continue reading kdisser + latex beamer
Neutrality vs Justice
A friend of mine has written a couple of good articles about Technological Neutrality, a term that is getting popular among some politics here in Spain (I assume it is also becoming popular worldwide). Check them out (they are in spanish. Click here and here). This concept makes me upset as well as Open Source. … Continue reading Neutrality vs Justice
KOffice in schools
Following disccussion taken place at Edu-day in aKademy 2007, here is a more precisely opinion than I expressed there:Right now a big fight is taking place in market between MS Office and OpenOffice. The appearance of the free software suite and ODF has brought a new interest to a sector long time dominated by the … Continue reading KOffice in schools
Big deployments of desktops and Kiosk Mode
Another item included in Edu-day discussions was related of the importance of the kiosk mode. I've written this while travellling and haven't checked grammatical errors. I'll do it the following days. But today it has been published info about the aKademy 2007 and I think it is the right day to publish this. Sorry for … Continue reading Big deployments of desktops and Kiosk Mode
mEDUXa. 2.0… a wellcome and a goodbye
Yesterday, friday 21 of september of 2007, during the II Jornadas de Software Libre Conference, that took place in La Laguna's college, Tenerife, Canary Islands (with the presence of J. Riddell, A. Seigo, R. Dale and Alan Runyan, among others), the mEDUXa 2.0 version based on Kubuntu Fiesty Fawn has been presented.The Educational Department of … Continue reading mEDUXa. 2.0… a wellcome and a goodbye
KDE-Edu meeting in Paris 1st and 2nd of december
The KDE-Edu team is having a meeting in Paris on the 1st and 2nd of december 2007 to decide strategies for KDE 4.1. This is a sign of the maturity of this project. If you are involved in teaching and software, don't miss that meeting. Many good developers are involved in the KDE-Edu team. Applications … Continue reading KDE-Edu meeting in Paris 1st and 2nd of december
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