[aclug-L] Re: I have a dream

[Denis Medvedev <t_mdl@xxxxxxxxx>]

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But who will do that? May be 
to organize a free seminar for school teachers by
ACLUG and provide small advertisements in schools?
--- Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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:
> 
> >
> >
> >Anne McCadden wrote:
> >
> >>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
> >> 
> >>
> >
> >It would be locked down by default as long as they
> were not using the 
> >root account.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >>Jonathan Hall wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >>>Few teachers know how to use Windows PCs.  Who's
> going to pay to train them
> >>>to use and teach with Linux?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----- 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>
> >>>>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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