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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 22/07/16 12:03, Andy Wills wrote: > Hi John, > > This is great to know. And, of course, the whole Digital Learning > Environment is open source, too, right? Hosted by University of > London. So, one of the main things our students and staff see from > day to day is open source. > > I think what Rod, myself, and some others would like to see is > more acceptance of Linux as a platform for staff and student users. > Plymdesk, providing basically all staff desktops/laptops and public > workstations is Windows only, with a locked BIOS. Same for > applications. Office tools are exclusively Microsoft 365 and > OneDrive. Stats is SPSS. Technical computing is MATLAB. > > Most administrative documents I receive from the university are in > MS Office formats. > > Anyway, good to hear from you, and hope to see you at a future > Plymouth / Plymouth Uni LUG :-) > > All the best > > Andy Wills, Psychology, Plymouth University I know we are in Paignton but any chance of the Tech jam getting a mention around the Uni Please, Would be good to get a few people down, we are trying to forge links with other groups. As we are using GNU / Linux at the jam on Pi's , laptop, netbooks and our work in progress file server, it may help you with some of what you mentioned above. Paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAleaeTQACgkQaggq1k2FJq19KwCgka45H7fbamyFnNuwWzk5JCTx ZgAAn1xQF4LYuSxbslHwc7yqVwZhJt+O =pEmy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq