[aclug-L] Re: I have a dream

[Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

It's a different way of networking and many of the IT people think that 
it is "too old-fashioned" way of networking.  They don't realize that 
this is the linux method of 'terminal server' that the M$ IT staff are 
in a buzz about.  Many of the M$ IT people think that its the best 
invention since sliced bread, unix has been doing this for a long, long 
time.  One doctor office that I know of is going back to the unix 
diskless workstations because the "windows workstations are just too 
unstable".  ~Anne

Jeff Vian wrote:

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>Anne McCadden wrote:
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>>You are very right and the school districts are not wanting to pay a lot 
>>of money to get them trained.  The schools use 'Policy  Editor' in 
>>windows to lock the computers down and restrict kids from doing all 
>>kinds of things with the computers.  Wouldn't locking down the computer 
>>be easier in linux?  ~Anne
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>It would be locked down by default as long as they were not using the 
>root account.
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>The comment about training also applies to Windows users.  They still 
>need an administrator that can do more than turn on the machine.  In 
>sites that have switched to Linux the administration/maintenance cost 
>has mostly gone down AFAIK.
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>Easy to  set up something like NIS for the account management and thus 
>have a single point of administration for the users.   Also could use 
>network booting so thin clients would work and have minimal 
>software/hardware on the  workstation.
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>Use an X server on the master server and an X client on the workstation 
>so the user still has X Windows applications available. With 
>standardized hardware it becomes almost PNP at the workstation level, 
>not just at the device level.
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>>Jonathan Hall wrote:
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>>>Few teachers know how to use Windows PCs.  Who's going to pay to train them
>>>to use and teach with Linux?
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "jeffrey l koehn" <caveman@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 5:52 PM
>>>Subject: [aclug-L] I have a dream
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>>>>Someone with Power needs to say this,
>>>>"One State of the Art Linux Computer equipped
>>>>with all OS software,
>>>>Documentation, specs, along with Linux books, etc
>>>>in every school in the state of Kansas"
>>>>and then act on it.
>>>>Wouldn't this be a lot cheaper
>>>>than taking Microsoft to court
>>>>and also give kids a chance
>>>>at creating an open mind?
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