[gcompris-devel] Re: Gcompris languages

[John_Cuzzola]

> 
> John,

*** Hi Bruno,
 
> A year from now, you were moving fast toward Linux in schools.
> I have seen on your web site that you have now 1000 Computers running
> GNU/Linux. This is a great achievement and to my knowledge the major one
> in the world.

*** It's been a ride (actually it's now 1500 computers running linux only
*smile*)


> I'd like to hear more about your experience, are you part of the
> schoolforge initiative (http://www.schoolforge.net/).

*** I believe so, but I dont remember if an up-2-date story was
submitted. It couldnt hurt to recheck and I'll do so.

> If not, why not join it and write a little story on your experience,
> what distrib/software do you use, what is the good and the bad with
> GNU/Linux in your schools.

*** Our base distribution is RedHat 7.1 but it has changed quite a bit
with our own updates.


> Of course, I am also interrested to know if you still use gcompris.

*** Absolutely! .. although I have to upgrade 38 schools to the latest
version.



> Bruno.
> 
> 
> Le lun 18/02/2002 à 09:48, John Cuzzola a écrit :
> > > On your side, can you tell us more on the usage your having of gcompris, is
> > > it a pilot project? how many classroom are using it, what age?
> > > 
> > > Don't hesitate to tell us what teachers/children like or don't like so 
> > > that we
> > > can improve gcompris.
> > 
> > *** Hi Bruno,
> > (thanks for the ldd) Well we're a school district with approx 15,000
> > students (approx 60 elementary & 12 high schools). For years we were/are
> > using a
> > Windows/Novell combination at all our locations. Because of budget
> > constraints and Microsoft's licensing costs I was quite happy with the IT
> > Manager's decision to pilot Linux not only as a File Server (Samba) but on
> > the desktop as well. In September we piloted the system at two
> > elementary schools
> > and it was a success. The Kids loved it (actually they loved
> > Tux), teachers liked it as well and the two pilot projects graduated to
> > permanent installations. The labs are based on the LTSP.org project which
> > I'm sure you are aware of. Well it's worked so well that the decision was
> > made that in three years ALL schools will be converted to Linux (Even in
> > the high schools where they will probably be dual boot Linux/Windows but
> > the Novell servers will be replaced with Samba). Gcompris is a VERY
> > important element in our success. The teacher's think it's great and it's
> > one of the few programs designed for the grade 1-3 age groups. As for
> > suggestions I'll ask some of the teachers for input but I think if you
> > just keep doing what you're doing (adding boards) that will be perfect. I
> > had some problems with gcompris 0.96 locking up but I believe it was
> > mainly due to ogg123. My version of vorbis would core dump when it tried 
> > to play a .ogg file so I upgraded it as well as upgraded to Gcompris
> > 1.00Pre3. I'll send you the output of "gdb -c core gcompris" if it
> > re-occurs frequently but I believe the problem was with my vorbis
> > version. Anyways thank-you very much for volunteering your time and
> > skills, it has made a huge difference. For more info on our school
> > district as well as our long term plans:
> > 
> > www.sd73.bc.ca
> > www.sd73.bc.ca/tux
> > 
> > Thanks again :)
> > 
> >   _____________________________________________________
> >  | John Cuzzola               |                        |
> >  |  jcuzzola at sd73.bc.ca       | 1383-9th Avenue        |
> >  |  System Analyst/Programmer | Kamloops, BC  V2C 3X7  |
> >  |  School District #73       | Phone:  (250) 374-0679 |
> >   -----------------------------------------------------
> >     ... In God we Trust, all others must show proper
> >                       identification ...
> > 
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> > 
> > > Bruno.
> > > 
> > > John Cuzzola wrote:
> > > 
> > > >>For the english sounds, I am sory but due to some error on my side, I 
> > > >>found out that I lost them. Only letters and number are in english, 
> > > >>other words are in french.
> > > >>I plan to reenter them but I will need to re-record my wife probably 
> > > >>next week.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >*** No problem - it is not vital .. 
> > > >
> > > >>In the meantime, teach them french directly ;-)
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >*** Actually we do ... We have about 6 schools as French Emersion so they
> > > >most definitely appreciate the French language capibilities of
> > > >gcompris. Thanks again for your efforts. If I could trouble you for one
> > > >quick thing..Could you please send me the output of 
> > > >
> > > >ldd gcompris
> > > >
> > > >on one of your machines so I can compare your shared library versions with
> > > >mine (We have gcompris 1.00Pre3)...
> > > >
> > > >Thanks:)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > 
> > > >
> > > >>Bruno.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>John Cuzzola wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>Hi there,
> > > >>>I've successfully downloaded and compiled Gcompris 1.00 pre-release
> > > >>>3. However the language is French even though I installed the English
> > > >>>sound package. Comparing the english and french sounds files it looks like
> > > >>>they are exactly the same. 
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Thanks for your work with the software .. We are a large school district
> > > >>>in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (15000 students) and we're
> > > >>>converting all our Window's machines to Linux. The kid's love it :)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> _____________________________________________________
> > > >>>| John Cuzzola               |                        |
> > > >>>|  jcuzzola at sd73.bc.ca       | 1383-9th Avenue        |
> > > >>>|  System Analyst/Programmer | Kamloops, BC  V2C 3X7  |
> > > >>>|  School District #73       | Phone:  (250) 374-0679 |
> > > >>> -----------------------------------------------------
> > > >>>   ... In God we Trust, all others must show proper
> > > >>>                     identification ...
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > 
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