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Hi All 2009/4/28 Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> So can we respond to this please? Firstly is it possible to create a >> server that updates itself? Secondly, is there anyway we can encourage >> her to look at different systems? Any thoughts would be welcome - >> thanks. > > I'm troubled by the ease at which a school simply accepts that rm is > the way to go. No questions on what else. The support they get from > other sources are appalling. Last year the heads computer died just > before reports etc had to be out. Her support team said bad luck > you've lost all your data. I teach IT at the school and happened to > arrive at that point to see her in tears. To cut a short story long I > popped home and grabbed a hard drive cable, connected it to my laptop > via usb and dragged all her data off the hard drive and handed it over > on a stick. Big smiles and huge relief. > > At the end of the day I'm wondering whether Linux is ready to tackle RM? Looking at this subject I think I was asking at the start.... Is Linux ready. Possibly and possibly not depending on whether the big boys want to join the action! I will write to Ubuntu as I am already speaking to someone at the support centre re Sage! But as the replies have come in and more particularly Gordon's email I have started thinking that possibly tackling this subject might not be so difficult. When Gordon broke it down as he did suddenly it does seem reachable. Firstly we're not talking a big school here so a sensible approach to the maintenance issue I believe could be tackled. If I look at Gordon's approach it seems they will need (this is very rough): 3 x intranet 1st intranet: Head and admin staff 2nd intranet Rest of teaching staff 3rd intranet Probably wifi and reaching out to kids etc Equipment needed: File server and back-up. Net nanny server Firewall Computer for each teacher in each classroom 25 x laptops for an IT suite We're talking small school and simply needs. I'll need to find out what software they use that is OS specific. That might need a doze box just for that software alone but the rest almost certainly could run on Linux. They already use a load of netbooks all containing Linux anyway! -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html