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Hello list...<BR>
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I'm a long time listener, first time caller.<BR>
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I'd like to know where you're getting your XP licenses from. Because $500 per, is a MAJOR rip job.<BR>
I'm the Net Admin at a primary school, similar in size to the one you described.<BR>
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.<BR>
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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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There is plenty of support out there for free software, especially in schools.<BR>
As I mentioned before, edubuntu is brilliant distro for schools. Comes pre-loaded with a wide range of educational software.<BR>
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Let me know if your IT manager needs any help, i'll see if I can put in my 2 cents worth<BR>
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Evan<BR>
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On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 18:50 +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">With the release of Skolelinux 2.0 (<A HREF="http://skolelinux.org">http://skolelinux.org</A>), I think we</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">can look at this issue again.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I talked with my school's new IT manager about whether he would switch</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the school over, he said he really wants to, but the administration</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and so on is still too difficult. Our school has 400+ students,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">somewhere between 50-70 networked computers (more when our 3rd</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">computer room is built) and all the PCs run Windows XP Pro. (70 x 500</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">= around $35000 for the OS alone)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's what I would like to see LA do to help - buy a domain ($10),</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">set up a virtual host on one of the servers ($nil) and install a wiki</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">($nil) and a mailing list.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Any comments or feedback?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Andrew</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">On 2/24/06, Andrew Donnellan <<A HREF="mailto:ajdlinux@gmail.com">ajdlinux@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Pretty much an idea to start a project to help kids/students using</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Linux, giving them community support, howtos, etc. and also to start</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> pressuring schools.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> You can see the thread on the list archives.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> andrew</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On 2/24/06, James Purser <<A HREF="mailto:purserj@k-sit.com">purserj@k-sit.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > (Fwded to linux-aus because it is a bigger and more active list)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > This discussion has been inactive for a while.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > What I would like:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > * a mailing list, maybe <A HREF="mailto:linux-students@lists.linux.org.au">linux-students@lists.linux.org.au</A> or similar</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > * a place to set up a website for the students to get tech support, etc.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > * and an effort to get Linux and Free Software into schools!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Andrew</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Speaking as someone who isn't on the allies mailing list, could you give a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > summary on what the above refers to?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > --</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > James Purser</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > <A HREF="http://k-sit.com">http://k-sit.com</A> - My Blog</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Skype: purserj1977</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
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