[Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software

[Cameron Bell]

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Cheers
Cameron


On 06/10/2010, at 9:24 AM, Mann, Warrick D wrote:

> I believe we edit the edustar image to get what we want out of it add drivers etc and add Adobe CS3
>  
> Cheers
> Warrick
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Hutchison, Geoffrey G
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 12:07 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software
>  
> Not so great.
>  
> Our experience is that the eduSTAR image is only good for Lenovo laptops. Installing on other machines, notebook or desktop, has resulted in configuration problems = unstable.
>  
> We continue to build our own images; I have yet to find a DEECD image that is acceptable/stable/functional.
>  
> Doubt it will change. L
>  
> cheers,
> Geoff Hutchison,
> IT Manager/Coordinator,
> McGuire College,
> Shepparton, Vic
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
> Sent: Monday, 4 October 2010 3:23 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software
>  
> My techie discovered this interesting link
> 
> http://wiki.doe.wan/index.php/Purchasing_Software_for_Schools
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> which says DEECD schools will be getting Adobe CS5 for free soon on the Edustar Win7 version 3a image.
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> Goodo!
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