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

[Andrew Donnellan]

With the XP Pro pricing it's probably more towards the $200-300 mark.
Which still equals:

     200 x 70 = $14000

to

     300 x 70 = $21000

plus Office, Windows Server 2003, management software, Corel Graphics
Suite and several other expensive programs.

andrew

On 3/16/06, Evan Tait <etait at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>  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? > > > > > > -- > > James Purser > > Producer/Presenter - Linux
> Australia Update > > http://k-sit.com - My Blog > > http://la-pod.k-sit.com
> - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums > > Skype: purserj1977 > >
> > > > > > -- > Andrew Donnellan > http://andrewdonnellan.com >
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