On 19/05/2011 11:57, dennis@home wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Mark wrote:

Neither do I. I doubt they'd also pay for a computer.


Indeed.

Our 7 year old is now expected to get "computer time" at home.

I'm currently rebuilding a knackered laptop with Xubuntu LTS which means
bits of the school learning web won't work, but that's just too bad.


They'll get LibreOffice .doc files or PDF and it's their problem if they
don't open at school. Any format that comes here that doesn't work will
result in a note back.

I refuse to have any MS in the house and if it weren't for this old
laptop,
she'd be unlucky because I generally don't let the kids near my good one
(too much previous abuse).

That's just mean,

It certainly sounds that way.