From: McAuley, Tim (T.McAuley at domain emuse.ie)
Date: Tue 28 Aug 2001 - 10:13:57 IST
Ronan,
I think this was sent to the list a few months ago but just in case you
didn't see it, it might make interesting reading.
The Linux Terminal Server Project for Schools
http://www.k12ltsp.org/
Tim
>
> Hi all,
> This may well be thoroughly debated somewhere, so somebody can
> point me appropriately. Otherwise, you may be forced to fire up some
> braincells.
>
> The short version:
> buying + building machines for a school and running
> Linux and WINE
> on them.
>
> The complicated version:
> It drives me to distraction of seeing schools with very limited
> resources splashing out on state-of-the-art machines simply
> because that's
> what's on offer. School management is wary of anything without a
> warranty, so everything has to be either brand spanking new
> or donated for
> free.
> The donations to this school to date are XTs and 386-based IBM
> bank terminals. They have two major flaws:
> 1) There's a long list of things you can't do on them.
> 2) Kids know when they're sitting in front of a Model-T, and
> they're not
> impressed. This is make-or-break for whether or not the computers are
> actually useful. If they're old enough to want designer jeans....
>
> *Three* major flaws:
> 3) They're prone to dropping dead when, um, nobody expects them.
>
> So, why not buy the bits (scan, pcdirect, whatever), assemble and
> *personally guarantee* the resulting systems for 12 months.
> Install Linux
> running WINE, and whose to know? The real saver is on paying
> the M$ tax.
>
> Has anybody done this (with a .iso to prove it, and save me
> the work? ;-)
> Is there a difference between possession with intent to supply and
> personal use?
> Can some money saving wrangle be done by having the *school*
> buy the bits?
> Does anybody see any complications?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ronan Cunniffe.
>
> P.S. The machines will have to run certain specific
> educational software,
> which is M$ only, so it's WINE or dosemu. The software uses
> sound, so I
> suspect WINE will be needed.
>
>
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