[dundee] Re: Volunteering computer expertise

[Keir Lawson]

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 13:39, Colin Brough wrote:
> Following up from this, I fired off an e-mail to the contact address
> at webtrust.org.uk, and got the following reply (see the end for my
> message). I'm happy to "lead" a discussion on this at the next meeting
> - which I suspect this is the best way forward from here... Also, I've
> already responded to the bit about the LUG website, and pointed Angie
> at the mailing list as the best place to keep in touch with what the
> LUG is up to.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Colin
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from "WebTrust.org.uk" <webtrust at webtrust.org.uk> -----
> 
> From: "WebTrust.org.uk" <webtrust at webtrust.org.uk>
> To: "Colin Brough" <Colin.Brough at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Volunteering computer expertise
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:57:40 +0100
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> 
> Hi Colin,
>   Thanks for your interest in volunteering with WebTrust. One project I've
> had on hold for a while is to investigate the feasibility for charities to
> use Linux instead of MS Windows and in the long term to produce training
> manuals for various Linux packages - basically because the software is
> (mostly?) free, more reliable than MS and less open to virus attacks etc.
> 
> Would you be interested in helping identify some office applications for
> Linux/different Linux versions that would be suitable for use in charity
> administration work?
> 
> e.g. which Linux system is easiest to install/use for non-techies (as most
> charity workers are)
not lindows (Lycoris? Mandrake? Redhat(my fave)?)
> alternatives to MS Office - I've had a quick look at OpenOffice on windows
> which works though it struggles with some of my MS Word Docs, messing up
> formatting where I have used tables and textboxes)
v1.1 may do better
> a database system that is as easy to use as Access (i.e. no need to know SQL
> to build/query tables).
???? mergant is the only thing that i can think of that would be
relevant.
> graphics packages
da GIMP
> web dev. software - is there a descent GUI HTML editor (preferably that
> doesn't mess up the source code) something that office workers could easily
> use to update text and perhaps add images to a ready built web site)?
moz composer/ peacock

keir