But the new image will contain Adobe CS5! That's the nifty bit; it will save us thousands.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 October 2010 09:24, Mann, Warrick D <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mann.Warrick.D@edumail.vic.gov.au">Mann.Warrick.D@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I believe we edit the edustar image to get what we want out of it add drivers etc and add Adobe CS3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cheers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Warrick</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hutchison, Geoffrey G<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 6 October 2010 12:07 AM<div class="im"><br><b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br></div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software</span></p></div></div><div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Not so great. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">We continue to build our own images; I have yet to find a DEECD image that is acceptable/stable/functional.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Doubt it will change. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">L</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Geoff Hutchison,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">IT Manager/Coordinator,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">McGuire College,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Shepparton, Vic</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 4 October 2010 3:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US">My techie discovered this interesting link<br><br><a href="http://wiki.doe.wan/index.php/Purchasing_Software_for_Schools" target="_blank">http://wiki.doe.wan/index.php/Purchasing_Software_for_Schools</a><br>
<br>which says DEECD schools will be getting Adobe CS5 for free soon on the Edustar Win7 version 3a image.<br><br>Goodo!<br><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085<br>School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253<br><a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
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