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> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:32:32 +0000<BR>> From: riddian@gmail.com<BR>> To: wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR>> Subject: Re: [Wolves] RE: University of Wolverhampton<BR>> <BR>> As a student at Wolverhampton University, I'd just like to add a few<BR>> things regarding Linux support.<BR>> <BR>> A major problem at the Uni is the poor Linux support, to be more<BR>> precise. The Linux installation is set up in such a way that I<BR>> sometimes have to resort to using Windows, there are many problems,<BR>> such as no printing support, a faulty "computer:///" listing in<BR>> Nautilus as none of the icons work, difficulty in mounting/unmounting<BR>> USB drives and general stability issues are some of the problems off<BR>> the top of my head.<BR>> <BR>> I often ask about the possibility of doing work for the modules I am<BR>> taking in Linux, often I am advised against it but so far I have run<BR>> into few problems doing so. Most of the resources I need to access are<BR>> in MS Word or Powerpoint format, seldom are they in PDF and never in<BR>> ODT. However OpenOffice has had little problem reading these<BR>> thankfully.<BR>> <BR>> I'm glad to hear the Uni is interested in Linux and Open Source, my<BR>> opinion was quite the opposite as all lectures I have spoken to about<BR>> Linux bar one have advocated Microsoft products and have shown little<BR>> or no interest in Linux or Open Source, some even ridiculing it with<BR>> remarks like "Open Source is for sandal wearing, tree hugging hippies<BR>> with beards".<BR>> <BR>> I would much like to see a more Pro-Linux stance from the lectures at<BR>> Wolverhampton Uni, jokes about Vi and how Open Source developers just<BR>> "copy other peoples work" and are "always playing catch up with<BR>> Microsoft" aren't something I want to hear when I'm working in Linux<BR>> at Uni simply because I may be the only student using Linux in a class<BR>> of around 70, plus I certainly don't think such negative comments help<BR>> invoke interest to the Linux newcomer.<BR>> <BR>> Chris<BR>> <BR><FONT face="" color=#0068cf>Sorry, but are you at the same uni as me?</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=#0068cf>I have had totally the opposite experience, i admit their are a few problems but for first years</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=#0068cf>over half of most modules contain a linux slant. Some modules like operating systems and networking</FONT><BR>
<FONT face="" color=#0068cf>have an above 50% weighting towards linux.All machines dual boot Windows and Suse 10, Programming is taught with java so their is no problem their, Web </FONT><FONT face="" color=#0068cf>modules use HTML and Php and their is a dedicated linux server for hosting your own site (as well as your windows site space) that uses apache at </FONT><FONT face="" color=#0068cf><A href="http://www.mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk">www.mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk</A>, which also contains the web programming Wiki which students can add to.</FONT><BR><FONT color=#0068cf></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0068cf>These are just a few things off the top of my head, this is not to mention the array of open source software for use on Windows and Linux</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="" color=#0068cf>in the uni?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0068cf>Sorry but I can not agree with you on most of your post, from my experience it is a forward looking university that caters for students that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="" color=#0068cf>want to use proprietry or open source software.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0068cf>James Dalley</FONT></DIV>
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