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.
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