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'''In order to create an effective and productive computer lab, planning and user-cooperation is essential.'''
Users should <u>not</u> just simply ask for software to be installed on a computer, but indicate their "needs", and the AVIT department will match the best software for that their "need". This process may seem cumbersome, but remember that the Westminster Computer Lab is a Linux-based computer lab, and there may be cost, licensing, or other technical issues related to installing proprietary software in the Westminster Computer Lab. Installing '''open-source software ''' is the easiest and least costly method of installing application software for this computer lab.
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The Westminster Computer Lab has a mind-mapping application called '''Freemind'''. You can use this application to ''create'', ''print'', or ''publish'' your mind map on the Internet. To launch == Obtaining Freemind Application == You can easily install the Freemind application, you make the following menu selections: '''APPLICATIONS → OFFICE → Freemind'''in Ubuntu Linux...
If you want to learn more about how to use the Synaptic Package Manager to install software on a Ubuntu Linux computer system or '''install the Freemind application on your Ubuntu computer''', click the following link:
[[Install Applications in Ubuntu]]
You can also download and install in other Operating Systems<br />('''including MS Windows''')
[http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download]
== Using Freemind Application ==
To launch the Freemind application, you make the following menu selections:<br /> '''APPLICATIONS → OFFICE → Freemind'''
Once the freemind application has been launched, open a new mind map by making the following menu selections:<br />
[odt] [http://smalamaintenay.free.fr/shortcuts/shortcuts.pdf] [doc] <- to be completedhttp://smalamaintenay.free.fr/shortcuts/shortcuts.pdf]