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Student Declaration and Permission

by Craig Blair -

Student Declaration and Permission

All Year 12s (including part-time and repeaters) are required by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) to complete an online student declaration and permissions form. The declaration is available through SCSA’s student portal https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au.

Before completing the form, information for parents can be found here

Instructions for students on how to complete the form can be found here

Linux Apps

by Craig Blair -

#MyPaint Tools for adding repos
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y curl gpg ca-certificates apt-transport-https

# Base apps from Mint/Ubuntu repos
# sudo apt install -y blender krita inkscape darktable audacity obs-studio gimp cheese kdenlive simplescreenrecorder vlc mypaint focuswriter preload
sudo apt install -y preload

# MuseScore (try v3 name, fall back to v4)
sudo apt install -y musescore || sudo apt install -y musescore4

# Add vendor repos (VS Code, Chrome, Edge, Spotify)

# VS Code
curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list >/dev/null

# Google Chrome (amd64 only)
curl -fsSL https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/google-linux.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/google-linux.gpg] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list >/dev/null

# Install vendor packages
#sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y code google-chrome-stable 

# (Mint normally has Flatpak & Flathub already)
sudo apt install -y flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

# Install apps from Flathub
flatpak install -y flathub org.blender.Blender org.kde.krita org.inkscape.Inkscape org.darktable.Darktable org.audacityteam.Audacity com.obsproject.Studio org.gimp.GIMP org.gnome.Cheese org.kde.kdenlive  org.videolan.VLC com.visualstudio.code com.google.Chrome org.mypaint.MyPaint com.spotify.Client edu.mit.Scratch md.obsidian.Obsidian org.musescore.MuseScore org.gottcode.FocusWriter org.godotengine.Godot com.spotify.Client

# Preload isn't on Flathub — grab it via APT:
sudo apt install -y preload

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#MyPaint Tools for adding repos
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y curl gpg ca-certificates apt-transport-https

# Base apps from Mint/Ubuntu repos
# sudo apt install -y blender krita inkscape darktable audacity obs-studio gimp cheese kdenlive simplescreenrecorder vlc mypaint focuswriter preload
sudo apt install -y preload

# MuseScore (try v3 name, fall back to v4)
sudo apt install -y musescore || sudo apt install -y musescore4

#Simple Screen Recorder
sudo apt install simplescreenrecorder

# Add vendor repos (VS Code, Chrome, Edge)

 

# VS Code
curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list >/dev/null

# Google Chrome (amd64 only)
curl -fsSL https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/google-linux.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/google-linux.gpg] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list >/dev/null

# Microsoft Edge (amd64 only)
curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-stable.list >/dev/null

# Install vendor packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y code google-chrome-stable microsoft-edge-stable spotify-client

# (Mint normally has Flatpak & Flathub already)
sudo apt install -y flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

# Install apps from Flathub
flatpak install -y flathub org.blender.Blender org.kde.krita org.inkscape.Inkscape org.darktable.Darktable org.audacityteam.Audacity com.obsproject.Studio org.gimp.GIMP org.gnome.Cheese org.kde.kdenlive org.videolan.VLC com.visualstudio.code com.microsoft.Edge com.google.Chrome org.mypaint.MyPaint com.spotify.Client edu.mit.Scratch md.obsidian.Obsidian org.musescore.MuseScore org.gottcode.FocusWriter org.godotengine.Godot com.spotify.Client

# Preload isn't on Flathub — grab it via APT:
sudo apt install -y preload

 
 
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