I was looking around this weekend for a LiveCD for a G3 ibook. I'd like to see what GNU/linux would be like on this little beauty, but the only liveCD I found was Gentoo. Are there others?
The problem w/ your argument is that iMovie is EASY to use. I tinker around w/ many OS (1 box XP Pro, 1 box Mandrake 9.1, 1 Powerbook 12inG4, 1 box running ClarkConnect). The fact of the manner is that children (read: elementary & Junior High age kids) would be intimidated by cinellerra (sp?) -- I know I was -- that's why I bought the Mac.
It's not that I didn't RTFM, STF, etc., my time and my wife's patience were running out. For the target market, the Mac solution makes complete sense (cents!).
If you work in IT, you know how exasperating it is to help the NEWBS. Educators -- especially those in primary and secondary schools -- have little time to devote to make the software work. So, my wife even got iMovie to work (she's a 7th grade English Teacher and has never used a Mac before this year...).
Why don't you just utilize VPN? You can at least get an analog modem and do the old dial-up method to get a VPN connection if your IT folks won't lease you a connection to the lan...
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I was looking around this weekend for a LiveCD for a G3 ibook. I'd like to see what GNU/linux would be like on this little beauty, but the only liveCD I found was Gentoo. Are there others?
The problem w/ your argument is that iMovie is EASY to use. I tinker around w/ many OS (1 box XP Pro, 1 box Mandrake 9.1, 1 Powerbook 12inG4, 1 box running ClarkConnect). The fact of the manner is that children (read: elementary & Junior High age kids) would be intimidated by cinellerra (sp?) -- I know I was -- that's why I bought the Mac.
It's not that I didn't RTFM, STF, etc., my time and my wife's patience were running out. For the target market, the Mac solution makes complete sense (cents!).
If you work in IT, you know how exasperating it is to help the NEWBS. Educators -- especially those in primary and secondary schools -- have little time to devote to make the software work. So, my wife even got iMovie to work (she's a 7th grade English Teacher and has never used a Mac before this year...).
Just my experiences...
Why don't you just utilize VPN? You can at least get an analog modem and do the old dial-up method to get a VPN connection if your IT folks won't lease you a connection to the lan...