Hi Markus, Welcome onbard - is you wiki user MarkusMcLaughlin ? -- Karanbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project +44-207-0999389 | http://www.centos.org/ | twitter.com/CentOS GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc On 07/07/17 15:32, Markus McLaughlin wrote: > My name is Markus McLaughlin, I am coming on board the CentOS EDUcation > SIG Project. I want to bring my resourcefulness and talents to this > very ambitious project. Debian has already made available its own EDU > distribution. It's time for CentOS to "step up," and offer its own > service. Windows and MACs have dominated > the education market far too long. It's time to bring free and open > source software to those schools and > students who can't afford to use either of their systems. > > I think there should be two forms of the CentOS EDU distribution: 1. 4GB > "Core" with the bare essentials, including offline Wikipedia access, and > a library of free e-textbooks for those who don't have broadband > internet access. > 2. 8GB "Everything" with additional software like Audacity, GIMP, > Blender, Scribus, Inkscape, etc. CentOS EDU > should provide a configuration menu of all the different interfaces, > GNOME, KDE, etc., based on the Anaconda > installer. It should also provide Windows compatibility so MS Office > can be used instead of LibreOffice. > > Another option that Debian EDU probably does not have is, why not have > CentOS EDU be compatible with the > Linux layer of Windows 10? The CORE could be accessed inside Windows 10 > so it would be a "win win." > > I would like to see CentOS EDU paired with the Raspberry Pi Foundation > as well, presenting it to those who can't afford a full PC. The Pi > would make an inexpensive means to support poor students. For $100.00, > a Pi with CentOS EDU 32gb microsd card included, would open up a whole > new world! > > Please consider my ideas! :D > > Regards, > Markus McLaughlin > marknetproductions.com > _______________________________________________ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
