Hi, I've updated www.freesoftwareforstudents.org.uk to add a link to the CD that has given our students FOSS applications.

Why so late 20th Century? you may well ask, but we found that giving pupils links to apps like openoffice.org, etc seemed to frighten some parents, "Download! that's illegal isn't it?" was a typical response. We found that by putting it onto a CD and putting a pretty lable on it gave it credibility. We now give it to all parents of yr7 before they arrive so they don't feel they have to buy expensive software for their kids.

If you want to use it the link is http://www.freesoftwareforstudents.org.uk/free_software_cd.html the file is a 515Mb iso file so a fast connection is a good idea, then burn it onto a disc from the image.