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Yeah, seems like a good project. I could possibly see various forms of Linux, maybe Edubuntu as an example, as a viable option for networks in Primary Schools because of the lesser funding and lesser reliance of ICT in the curriculum. Plus the software which is bundled with the distribution should be more than adequate for the needs of Teacher and Pupil. I don't see Linux as such a good option in High school now though. The vast majority of high school have had their ICT infrastucture in place for many many years now, with a vast number of those networks being based on Research Machines (RM) hardware. Unless the ICT department is in dire straights in terms of funding and cannot afford to continue to run Microsoft-based products, the amount of time and effort going into setting up, configuring and securing the servers, as well as setting up the workstations to be "secure", wouldn't be worth the time and effort in the eyes of many School ICT Administrators. People are naturally lazy, so if it ain't broke, they won't want to fix it. So yes, Linux, namely the educational distributions such as Edubuntu and Puppy, could be effectively deployed in a Primary School environment where the infrastructure is small and initial downtime is not much of an issue. High School networks, on the other hand, are too far developed to make an overnight switch viable. On 03/01/06, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: > > > I thought Rob and Tom may be intersted in this, I posted here as I > > could not find the log in page on the digital divide site, > > > > http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/12/19/1859258&from=rss > > > > Paul > > Thats quite interesting. Looks to me like they've taken Puppy Linux, > put on a basic Window manager that doesn't require much memory/CPU power > and added a couple of applications on. > > I'm guessing the £199 they charge is for support? > > Good to be back btw, the whole family has been suffering from stomach > bugs all over christmas, not much fun :-( > > Rob > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Michael Dodd -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html