[Ubuntu-SG] Update on the mailing list. Great News!!!

[Harris Ngan]

 > It wasn't ? Wow ... then how do you guys use dreamweaver or visual studio ? > For that matter , reinstall windows if you got virus ? Surely , don't tell me > students in NUS/NTU must buy those things? Office ? I thought schools paid > for corporate accounts for all those softwares. > I suppose you mean campus computer. Yes they did have some useful software but of course we don't have license to install in our laptop. At least not that I am aware of. There is discount for buying them in the univ store though.> > No problem , if it isn't more than $500 , I think we can fork it out > ourselves. That's true. Small amount shouldn't be a problem.> > We also need alot of Matlab and > > that was used to be accomplished by either use remote servers in NUS or hmm> > trying to get some 'source'. So I think Octave might be a good option (of> > course for the more advanced), there is still abit of incompatibility in> > some areas like plotting.> > We can check with the students for that. We can of course show all the free > softwares , including beryl.Absolutely. is it legal to use the w32codec in singapore? I think if it is legal then people can basically do what windows can do and with better quality. > > Both NUS and NTU has Linux User Groups. NUS head is in LUGS exco. In fact, he > was the one who emailed to me that local sg server been fixed. So contacting > the clubs have no problem. I will be emailing him tonight on how we can apply > for a booth at NUS , if we can. That's great. Maybe he will be able to shed some lights to put the idea into action. Not to forget SMU. Business students also need linux. LOL.> > > I can understand how tough it is > > to distribute CD at Orchard road. > > Not tough , it was funny. We got gals queuing to take photos with the penguin. > Needless to say , nobody was interested in the CDs. LOLActually, there should have a penguin photo-editing competition using gimp. haha. at least they will start using some open-source softwares:P> > > Well we will have to try. Any suggestion > > how shall we put the How-tos together systematically on our site? Do we do> > something similar to ubuntuguide? or we update the ubuntuguide and have a> > link to them? 'cause i think How-tos do help me alot in the past and I> > certainly would like to have a easy direction to find my solution.> > Yup , linking would be a very good idea. Why reinvent the wheel ? I will see if i can create a search engine to grab the sources so that people can search more easily for answers.> Thanks for the ideas Harris. I will be emailing the NUS tonight. I am not sure > who is in charge at NTU though.. I will update the situation asap. Cheers!!!No worries. To get things really work, we just have to seize every opportunity available.CheersHarris
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