User talk:Ben Armstrong

Welcome
Hi Ben, does the apt facility work well in Debian Jr? I tried to setup Debian to auto update a while back but got frustrated with the outdated documentation for apt when I could not get it working. Maybe I should try Debian Jr.?? Hope to see you at the Colloquium (2nd under the Community menu under Wikiverisity logo) soon. Leave some spam for the Debian Jr. project and your glorious future interactions with Wikiversity on my talk page if you feel like it, I am truly interested in your vision. Mirwin 12:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

One Laptop per Teacher
I thought you might be interested in this local paper/project.   It occurs to me that with the price of hardware coming down and quality and quanity of free software going up these folks might be very interested in your Debian Jr. project. Cheerio! Mirwin 13:03, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Jr, apt, grand visions, etc.
Mirwin, these days I tend to use aptitude, which is similar to apt-get in many respects but has "smarter" conflict resolution. Also, there are several gui frontends like synaptic, etc. that some people prefer, and which I find convenient from time to time. Check them out. As for installing Jr. the install doc is a bit outdated. I started to update it but got sidetracked. Really, it's nothing more complicated than:

1. Install Debian. 2. Select all junior-* packages you're interested in. 3. Install them.

Thanks for the pointers to the colloquium and OLTP. I'll check them out. Ben Armstrong 13:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * So you know Ben, many people click on the signature then shift to the user talk page (discussion tab) and put the response on the questioneer's talk page.  This is by no means set in stone it just seems to be how most people operate.  I spotted the answer here as I was going back through the new user creation log and posting hello messages.   Sometimes the query has no signature so there is no choice but to answer locally and hope the questioner remembers to come back and check.  I am due to install a new linux configuration soon so thanks for the tip, I will use it.  See you around.  Mirwin 04:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

New Learning Project
Ben, I think you and/or your wife could provide valuable feedback regarding special needs or vulnerabilities for this proposed learning project ... http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Self_Paced_Reading_Labs ... with regard to home schooling needs. I would appreciate if you could look it over sometime and provide comments or questions regarding how it may or may not work well for home schoolers. If you are too busy I understand, I am soliciting feedback from wide range of people so do not sweat it. Thanks! Mirwin 00:29, 12 February 2007 (UTC)