My 2 cents. In giving laptops to the children, I am making the assumption that there will be a syllabus. Which would lead to the children being taught how to

If you are a hardcore Python developer looking for some new project work (or even possibly a new CIO/CTO position, depending on how good you are), give me a

In case you meant me and not Carrol, I don't typically use Ubuntu in production. I'm forced to use RHEL. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Rellon Lawrence ...

How is Ubuntu Server working in production for you? http://xai-tec.blogspot.com/ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

IMO, once the right people are involved, Linux would be easier to administer. Then again, if this project was properly thought out the only things the laptop

I am thinking along these lines.... Got these articles from the OLPC newsletter: One Laptop Per Child Will Provide XO Laptops to Uruguay High School

You can exclude apps with apt/yum/up2date etc too or even specify that certain packages only be updated from certain alternative repos but that doesn't really

The other question we have ask is, does the public service, as it is right now, have the trained resources to maintain and administer Linux machines? If they

Hmmm - Dell ships w/ Linux. HP, all manufacturers, really. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device available from bmobile. ... From: Deosaran Bisnath

GoRTT has an MS enterprise licence +++++++++++++++++++++++++It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others!!!

  I am still concerned about the WINDOWS being DICTATED as the OS. Higher cost is just one reason .... I have read of many laptop programs throughout the

Thats why I like Gentoo, with USE flags u can specify particular packages to exclude when updating and installing packages ... -- Rgds, Falina [Non-text

thanks will try that. I'm not auto updating, its just that twice for the year using apt-get upgrade has updated apps on my server and reduced their

sources.list!! gg and Falina is right about auto updating. /Stephen ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Since it's debian, it should be a matter of editing that file that lists the repositories, file name escapes me at the moment. I don't remember if the

You have to edit your sources.list and you can specify what you want to update in terms of main, contributed etc. You'll probably want main only since it will

thanks, but the server version has no gui only cmd line ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

In the packagekit app that sends the notification I think a rigjt click wil reveal the options. I haven't used it on ubuntu... On the cli... Not sure -- Sent

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 server version. I have everything working just fine. I want to only install security updates, or serious bug fixes, how do I select

What language? Does this person need be on site? Regards, -- Sent from my Nokia mobile phone Trevor "TeC" Christian BSc. Computing