Today, I'm going to my sons' school, Congressional Schools of Northern Virginia, to set up some Ubuntu laptops to serve as the backbone of a new computer club. This is a great chance for our middle schoolers to get their hands on OS early.
I've been reading this list for a while on and off and wonder if my experience is common. I probably rank as a "hardcore" linux user, although I migrated from Gentoo to Ubuntu only about two years ago. I've installed Edubuntu on a computer before, but am debating whether to do so with these laptops or stick with Ubuntu and handpick the educational software. The point I want to raise is that Edubuntu's LTSP focus is a good fit for some educational setups and not for others. I've been reading the list for a while and I can't help but wonder if Edubuntu shouldn't be a Xubuntu-like modification of the Ubuntu desktop and then the LTSP functionality a separate project that is Ubuntu LTSP and available for Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu, and Edubuntu alike. I suspect there are developers interested in LTSP for Xubuntu or Kubuntu, but who are not interested in Edubuntu. I also suspect there are Edubuntu folks that don't need the terminal setup. (I fall in that category.) Is it possible that the developer pool would be better served by splitting off Edubuntu from LTSP functionality? Just a thought... I hope to participate more in the Edubuntu process, so I'll probably put Edubuntu on at least one laptop to gauge the students' reaction. MTF... Regards, Bud
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