16:05:46 <mchua> #startmeeting 16:05:46 <zodbot> Meeting started Wed Oct 7 16:05:46 2009 UTC. The chair is mchua. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:05:46 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:07:38 <mchua> (by way of explanation for those reading the logs, this is a program list from a K12 Open Minds 2009 session where people list out their favorite open source programs for the classroom) 16:07:44 <mchua> (we are just getting started) 16:07:50 <mchua> OpenOffice 16:08:10 <mchua> for wordprocessing, presentations, spreadsheets 16:09:07 <mchua> #action q: is there a database thing for openoffice, like microsoft access? 16:09:20 <mchua> OpenOffice drawing module 16:09:41 <mchua> (attendee notes that there are better things for flowcharts, etc. than openoffice drawing, but it does exist) 16:10:33 <mchua> neo office 16:10:46 <mchua> (that's for the mac) 16:10:51 <mchua> ooo4kids 16:11:37 <sdziallas> mchua: database thing is called openoffice-base (and is going to be on our spin) 16:12:36 <mchua> abiword 16:12:39 <mchua> sdziallas: yay! 16:12:54 <mchua> koffice 16:13:07 <sdziallas> mchua: the ooo4kids thing looks interesting; we might want to get that packaged at some point. 16:13:47 <mchua> #topic internet 16:14:15 <mchua> firefox, of course 16:14:17 <mchua> extensions? 16:15:04 <mchua> adblock! 16:15:34 <mchua> foxmarks 16:15:59 <mchua> xmarks 16:17:19 <mchua> stumbleupon 16:18:54 <mchua> some plugin that lets you use ie within firefox 16:19:03 <mchua> thunderbird 16:19:45 <mchua> quicktext (tbird plugin) 16:19:47 <mchua> evolution 16:20:22 <mchua> #info search "<type of program> gpl" to find open source <type of program> software 16:20:27 <mchua> #info (that was a tip) 16:20:29 <mchua> zimbra 16:21:19 <mchua> #action q: how about an email archiving program? 16:21:27 <mchua> (and benoit searches "email archiving gpl") 16:21:31 <mchua> mailarchive 16:21:35 <mchua> (found!) 16:22:45 <mchua> scribefire 16:22:47 <mchua> planet 16:22:49 <mchua> wp-mu 16:22:54 <mchua> pidgin 16:23:23 * sdziallas goes w00t! :) this is all great information... 16:24:05 <mchua> liferea 16:24:12 <mchua> ("google reader is not open source") 16:24:46 <mchua> tt-rss 16:26:32 <mchua> (discussion on web-based apps that aren't open source but "are free" vs vs open 16:26:45 <mchua> #topic graphics 16:26:45 <mchua> GIMP 16:26:45 <mchua> sumopaint 16:26:46 <mchua> inkscape 16:27:07 <mchua> mention of gimpshop.com 16:27:12 <mchua> gimpshop 16:27:21 <mchua> (photoshop UI on top of gimp) 16:29:39 <mchua> mention of openclipart 16:31:06 <mchua> (demo taking place of how to download something from openclipart and then tinker with it in inkscape) 16:33:17 <mchua> GNU paint 16:40:34 * mchua having connection issue right now 16:41:21 <mchua> that's gnu paint, gah 16:41:23 <mchua> connectivity and typing fail 16:47:30 <mchua> GNU paint 16:47:30 <mchua> scribus 16:47:30 <mchua> tuxpaint 16:47:30 <mchua> pencil 16:47:30 <mchua> stopmotion 16:47:32 <mchua> gpaint 16:47:34 <mchua> dia 16:47:37 <mchua> phatch 16:47:39 <mchua> rasterbator 16:47:42 <mchua> posterazor 16:47:45 <mchua> synfig 16:47:47 <mchua> blender 16:49:35 <mchua> cinelerra 16:54:52 <mchua> wordle 16:54:57 <mchua> kdenlive 16:55:00 <mchua> identi.ca 16:58:26 <mchua> gallery 16:58:40 <mchua> tuxmath 16:59:34 <mchua> gcompris 17:00:21 <mchua> (that's a whole early childhood suite) 17:01:20 <mchua> kde education apps 17:01:31 <mchua> scratch (...though licensing on that is not as clear) 17:04:28 <mchua> squeak 17:04:29 <mchua> etoys 17:04:31 <mchua> turtleart 17:04:32 <mchua> sugar 17:04:35 <mchua> SoaS 17:06:09 <sdziallas> woooooo! :) 17:06:45 <mchua> geogebra 17:06:56 <mchua> kstars 17:09:54 <mchua> kmplot 17:09:59 <mchua> kturtle 17:10:03 <mchua> (as followup to turleart) 17:10:06 <mchua> er, turtleart 17:13:21 <mchua> xmind 17:15:28 <mchua> audacity 17:21:15 <mchua> hydrogen 17:24:26 * mchua laptop battery going to die soon 17:24:56 <mchua> #chair sdziallas 17:24:56 <zodbot> Current chairs: mchua sdziallas 17:25:10 <mchua> (in case I drop off due to battery and can't close zodbot's logging) 17:25:38 <mchua> (extended hydrogen demo ongoing now; benoit really likes that software ;) 17:27:52 <mchua> appears to be wrapping up 17:27:53 <mchua> musescore 17:28:24 * mchua battery about to die 17:28:26 <mchua> #endmeeting