On 24 February 2012 15:11, Matt Giuca <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, then, yes I wholeheartedly agree. A student should be able to work in > whatever operating system they wish. I don't feel it *should* be staff > members' duty to provide support for shall we say "unusual" operating > systems (although it would be great if they could), but at the very least, > any student who is comfortable enough working with Linux or any other > modern operating system should not be actively prevented from doing so. > That's just a basic courtesy. > > But despite my accidentally countering a point you didn't make ... is it > worthwhile coming up with a list and then perhaps a brochure and/or website > with a recommended set of free applications for us to recommend to > university administrators to install on standard images? What did people > think of my list? > > I'd add -vim -emacs -vlc -iced tea not java - parts of java are still proprietary, iced tea replaces those -a separate debugger - haven't used them enough to know what to put on
I think the list would be as useful as we make it - it depends on the number of people that are shown it and how it is used. _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
