[H&R] Open Lab Today at 911 Media

[Jon Mitten]

Well, Java is required for Open Office to run, which could be a big perk for
folks wanting to do reports or write screenplays or mind-mapping... etc.,
etc.
Also, check out InkScape, it's a vector graphics design program a la
Illustrator - less intuitive and less robust than Illustrator, but good for
simple logo design.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Joseph Gray <josephgray at grauwald.com>wrote:

> Ubuntu 6 on a two G3 iMacs, and Xubuntu 6 on another of them (which does
> run faster on that hardware).  There's supposedly a version of Java that
> will run on the powerPC in that OS, but it requires some special install
> process that I'm unfamiliar with.  The Java thing is really just a perk, I'd
> like to see Processing running on these machines, but they are so "ancient"
> at this point I'm not sure really what could be done with them.
>
> Firefox and the GIMP both work like champs on the little candy colored
> boxes though, so, considering they are free public access terminals seems
> good enough even if the Java install never works.
>
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> On Mar 25, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Jon Mitten wrote:
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>  Which version of Java?  Which version of Linux?
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Joseph Gray <josephgray at grauwald.com>
>> wrote:
>> So far it works, having difficulty installing Java, but these are
>> primarily web kiosks anyhoo.  This is the first install of any flavor of
>> linux on any machine at 911 Media Arts Center, as far as I know, which also
>> means the first install of linux on any computer at a community run NW US
>> media arts center.  The Piksel folks may be amused by this...
>>
>>
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>> On Mar 23, 2009, at 10:44 AM, glerm soares wrote:
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>> rad job, interesting situations will follow...
>>
>> good luck.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> glerm
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