From utad.skogstad@c2i.net Mon Mar 18 07:57:15 2002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Gjermund Skogstad To: calvin.austin@eng.sun.com Subject: May we make use of your implementation of Java for Linux?? Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 07:57:15 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: RO X-Status: O Dear sir my name is Gjermund Skogstad, and besides from attending courses in computer science at Finnmark College, I am also taking part in a Norwegian project named Skolelinux. This project's main objective is to make the Linux-OS available for Norwegian public schools, as a realistic alternative to the more expensive Windows solutions they currently are dependent on. If the Linux-OS is to be a realistic, and believable alternative for the Norwegian public schools, we need to get past a certain threshold on the level of install-, maintenance- and user friendliness. As one of many issues identified by the projects participants, we recognise that we need to get an implementation of Java-VM in this distribution of Linux. Further we acknowledge that the Blackdown group's implementation of the Java-VM is the most appropriate choice for this project, since we need both support for Java2, AWT and Swing, as well as a certain degree of trustworthiness. What I want to ask you, is whether we can be allowed to include the debian-package named j2re1.3_1.3.1-1_i386.deb in our distribution. Located at URL: ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/java/java-linux/debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386/ Am I addressing the correct person? Sadly I am not sure exactly where to direct my question. If this request is pointed to the wrong person, please accept my apologies. If this is the case, I would be grateful if you could point me towards the person(s) I should discuss this matter with. If it is possible to let us include this package on our CD for Norwegian schools, but there are some issues you wish to press, please let us know. We will probably be both willing and able to discuss several different practical solutions to reach an agreement. I will be gratefull for any reply. Yours sincerely Gjermund Skogstad ---------------------------- This e-mail was posted with KMail in KDE/Linux (RedHat distr. ver. 7.2) ************************************************************************************************* What exactly is Skolelinux?? First and foremost: As you probably already have guessed, "Skolelinux" translates to School-Linux. We (The Skolelinux-team) are working on a distribution of Linux suited for Norwegian public schools. The Skolelinux project is coordinated by the non-profit organisation called Linux I Skolen (LIS) (see www.linuxiskolen.no (Unfortunately I do not believe it to be available in English)). We are determent to make this distribution of Linux simple to install and maintain, and to base it on Norwegian language. All applications that are included in this distribution, is meant to be available in both written Norweigian languages (Bokmaal and Nynorsk), and if possible even Saami. The distribution must be small enough to function on all the slow and outdated computers still in use in many public schools. We are basing our Linux-distribution on Debian GNU/Linux and desktop applications from KDE and GNOME. This situation may be changed at a later stage, in accordance to the experiences made by the users in public schools.