[FSF-India] What goes in

[R Sai Kiran]

Hi,

> 
> Their are four uses of computer in Schools

	Very interesting classification indeed. Essentially,

> 1. Tools - word processors,email clients,browsers etc
> 2. Learning aid - multimedia, simulation stuff etc
> 3. Development - compilers etc
> 4. Automation tool

	As I said earlier, I think this topic deserves a separate
thread. I've taken the liberty of strting this one. As a first shot, I'd
suggest the following stuff:

Tools
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	1. Open Office, Emacs, Vim
	2. Evolution, Pine(?), Mutt
	3. Netscape(?), Konqueror, Lynx, Opera
	
Learning Aids
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	1. Scilab
	2. Gnuplot

	Really dont know what to put here. Any suggestions??

	Learning reminds me, we need to put in a lot of docs. Probably a
few guides like the SAG, installation guide, a few good HOW-TOs etc.

Development
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	1. K-Develop
	2. All the typical compilers/interpreters anyone would ever want
		C,C++,Perl,Python,PHP ....
	3. JDK
	4. Forte4Java from Sun - IDE for developing GUI based Java progs

Automation tools
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	No idea again .... suggestions please!!

Plus, Ofcourse
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	* Apache
	* MySQL/Postgres - I use MySQL and I love it
	* XMMS
	* Everybuddy
	* Obviously, GNOME + KDE - but, which versions?? Ximian and KDE
	  2.0 are both *very* resource hungry and we're talking of schools
	  with slow computers. What should be done ?

	Let's pile up the list of softwares. If you think there's
something in the list above which should not be included, let me know. And
I'm really very sure there's far too much stuff I've missed out. Please
keep adding to the list. Having more really does'nt hurt. We can always
have a 2-CD distribution. The point is to give the people everything
they'll ever need on the CD(s) so they'll never have to download anything
on their dial-up lines.

Regards,

Sai

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