From: Cormac McClean (cmcclean at domain ait.ie)
Date: Fri 04 Feb 2000 - 08:57:57 GMT
Mike,
> I'm seriously thinking of re-building our system over the summer, removing
> Novell and installing Linux, using SAMBA to link Windoze to Linux. And if it
Want a hand with that? I'm free from mid-June to end of August and would
be
happy to assist if you wanted an extra hand.
I worked in a school in Navan (I won't mention the name...) last year
where the computer lab was really only getting off the ground. 15 PCs
running Win95, peer-to-peer network. My next step would have been to
install Linux on all machines, setup a Linux server and so forth.
However, as things turned out, I'm now enjoying life in AIT and
didn't get to implement the sweeping changes to drag the school into
the 20th century (never mind the 21st century) - their choice, not mine,
school politics and all that.
I'd like to see this start to take shape. If we get things up and
running
in one school, we can establish a framework and procedures to do
likewise
in other schools. Count me in!
> I was thinking about the Linux situation lately and discussing it with
> another teacher. Set up properly, the students don't even need floppies -
> they have their own area on the server, etc. I find that they lose them,
> forget to take them out of the pc when they leave, etc.
Ya, I remember that... not to mention some students deliberately
"losing"
another's disk. We actually have the same problems in AIT with WinNT -
guest logins only, no home directories. This will be different with the
students doing the Linux course, but they're in the minority (for now).
Regards,
Cormac.
Michael Treacy wrote:
> Cormac,
>
> You've just mentioned EVERYTHING that I said in a mail to the list about 2
> weeks ago.
>
> I teach computers in a school in Limerick. I've also been responsible for
> setting up the network - Novell 4.11 and 30 PC's running Windoze 95. After
> that, our only requirments are a suite of programs for Wordprocessing,
> Database and Spreadsheets.
>
> Now as I see it, KOffice (when it's finished) or Star Office or Applixware
> could fulfill all of this for us. I would probably go with one of the first
> two due to them being free!!
>
> Graphics software is available (The GIMP), and almost everything else you
> could want.
>
> I'm seriously thinking of re-building our system over the summer, removing
> Novell and installing Linux, using SAMBA to link Windoze to Linux. And if it
> wasn't for the fact that the school is used for night classes in computers,
> I would probably remove Windoze altogether and go down the Linux road
> completely. I don't know about you, but I find it a right pain in the arse
> having to "fix" all the things that students get up to on computers
> espcially in Windoze.
>
> I was thinking about the Linux situation lately and discussing it with
> another teacher. Set up properly, the students don't even need floppies -
> they have their own area on the server, etc. I find that they lose them,
> forget to take them out of the pc when they leave, etc.
>
> I really think it's definitely the way to go. But we would need to make
> teachers aware of what CAN be done by, as you suggest, taking a school and
> using it as a pilot school. And then maybe getting some articles into the
> various educational journals about the project. Any teacher who teaches
> computers cannot but be aware of the massive increase in interest in Linux
> this past year. I definitely think we could arouse a lot of interest.
>
> Mike
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