[Linux-aus] Re: [ALLIES] Re: A Linux for Students project idea

[Evan Tait]

Hello list...

I'm a long time listener, first time caller.

I'd like to know where you're getting your XP licenses from.  Because
$500 per, is a MAJOR rip job.
I'm the Net Admin at a primary school, similar in size to the one you
described.
We still run Win XP Pro on _MOST_ of our clients.  This is basicly due
to ease of administration from my end, especially with roaming profiles
and security policies.
Servers are a mixture of Windows 2003 and Linux (gentoo) and a PC-BSD
box i'm toying with.  The windows servers are used just for Active
Directory/Domain Controller, File Storage and backups, and  Citrix
Server.  The Linux machines are for WWW, Mail, mediawiki, mambo, and
other misc services.

I do however, run a Citrix client, that I developed to run ontop of a
gentoo machine.  This runs (fairly) flawlessly, with the exception of
supermount sometimes crapping out and not mounting kids USB drives.

Some of the other clients I have around the place, run edubuntu.  These
are mainly used just for maths, and science classes, and only on the odd
occasion.

I would like to run more and more Linux clients, but one draw back, is
getting the kids /home folders mapped to their remote location on the
Domain Controller.

There is plenty of support out there for free software, especially in
schools.
As I mentioned before, edubuntu is brilliant distro for schools.  Comes
pre-loaded with a wide range of educational software.

Let me know if your IT manager needs any help, i'll see if I can put in
my 2 cents worth

Evan




On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 18:50 +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:

> With the release of Skolelinux 2.0 (http://skolelinux.org), I think we
> can look at this issue again.
> 
> I talked with my school's new IT manager about whether he would switch
> the school over, he said he really wants to, but the administration
> and so on is still too difficult. Our school has 400+ students,
> somewhere between 50-70 networked computers (more when our 3rd
> computer room is built) and all the PCs run Windows XP Pro. (70 x 500
> = around $35000 for the OS alone)
> 
> Here's what I would like to see LA do to help - buy a domain ($10),
> set up a virtual host on one of the servers ($nil) and install a wiki
> ($nil) and a mailing list.
> 
> Any comments or feedback?
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On 2/24/06, Andrew Donnellan <ajdlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Pretty much an idea to start a project to help kids/students using
> > Linux, giving them community support, howtos, etc. and also to start
> > pressuring schools.
> >
> > You can see the thread on the list archives.
> >
> > andrew
> >
> > On 2/24/06, James Purser <purserj at k-sit.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > (Fwded to linux-aus because it is a bigger and more active list)
> > > >
> > > > This discussion has been inactive for a while.
> > > >
> > > > What I would like:
> > > >   * a mailing list, maybe linux-students at lists.linux.org.au or similar
> > > >   * a place to set up a website for the students to get tech support, etc.
> > > >   * and an effort to get Linux and Free Software into schools!
> > > >
> > > > Andrew
> > > >
> > >
> > > Speaking as someone who isn't on the allies mailing list, could you give a
> > > summary on what the above refers to?
> > >
> > >
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