[H-GEN] Linux in Schools.

[Gary Curtis]

On 3/24/06, Rick Phillips <rickp at suntech.net.au> wrote:
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> > Have you considered Linux based thin clients for the desktop?  This keeps
> > management overhead down and keeps costs down too.  If lots of people are
> > running GIMP & Audacity at the same time you may want to run some apps
> > locally.  LTSP handles this all very nicely of course.
>
> We in fact, have thin clients and the experience (in a Windows only
> environment) has been hateful.  Once burnt, Linux or no, we will never
> have them again.  They will be retired forever and the end of the year.
> The teachers, students, the technology coordinator and I will be happy
> to see them heading to the tip.

I don't know where Rick lives, or whether he ever
comes to meetings (I'm lousy with names), however
we have a talk TODAY by Naaman Campbell on the
topic of Ubuntu on Sunray (Sun's thin client).  I have
seen this solution running, its great.

Hawkin S201  6:00pm

Gaz