[HLUG] RPi

[Pete Linnell]

Hi Jonathan!

I am responding to your call for bids for a Raspberry Pi device based on 
its use in a creative, imaginative and community focused project.

We at the Herefordshire LUG ( www.hlug.org.uk ) have been working on a  
FLOSS in education project, involving the creation of a special purpose 
distro "Tuxedu" ( www.tuxedu.org )

We have evolved this to a stage where we are able to give pre-loaded 
copies of the distro with the educational apps aimed at primary age kids 
on a USB stick and assure parents that this cannot harm their PC's or 
put their kids in harm's way  ( it's locked out of the www except in the 
full install version.)
A recent parents evening at a local school brought 30 parents to an 
introduction talk and a hands on with resetting their laptops to boot 
from the USB. For most of them it was their first experience of doing 
anything with their computers apart from switching on default settings 
and applications. Many were awed by the FLOSS paradigm, once they began 
to understand it :)

We welcome the RPi device as a needed step forward in teaching the 
fundamentals of computing to all ages and abilities, and would love to 
get our collective hands on one to explore its potential in tandem with 
the Tuxedu distro.

May the wisdom of Solomon guide your choice, and as ever our thanks to 
Linux Format with your support for our work.

Yours faithfully,
Pete Linnell
HLUG

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