[Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software

[Mark KELLY]

But the new image will contain Adobe CS5!  That's the nifty bit; it will
save us thousands.

On 6 October 2010 09:24, Mann, Warrick D
<Mann.Warrick.D at edumail.vic.gov.au>wrote:

> I believe we edit the edustar image to get what we want out of it add
> drivers etc and add Adobe CS3
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> Cheers
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> 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
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> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software
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> Not so great.
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> 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.
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> We continue to build our own images; I have yet to find a DEECD image that
> is acceptable/stable/functional.
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> Doubt it will change. L
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> cheers,
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> Geoff Hutchison,
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> IT Manager/Coordinator,
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> McGuire College,
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> 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
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> 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.
>
> Goodo!
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
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-- 
Mark Kelly
Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture notes: http://vceit.com
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For no reason, my friend became a square, flat surface with four legs. I
rushed him to hospital. His condition is table.
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