Andrew Graupe wrote:
> I am a 14 year old confessed Linux geek going to John Ware Jr. High in SW 
> Calgary.  Like most schools, two computer choices are presented:

I feel for ya, the cbe is quite ignorant and stupid, IMO.

> 1. Use knoppix.  Result: Using Knoppix now results in 1-month ban from 
> computers because "you can see things" on the drive, which, being NTFS, 

do you need stuff from the local disk, or only from network drives?  maybe
you could build a knoppix w/o ntfs support, but with samba.

> be a qualified professional, he doesn't understand these arguments and is 
> now paranoid of PuTTY (the SSH client).

if you run a webserver on your laptop, you could then use one of the ssh
applets.  I know it's far from ideal, but would this work for you?

> I am prepared to fight for this.  You can contact my school at (403) 
> 777-7930.  I would appreciate it if you didn't use my name.  You can 
> contact my principal at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I'll send an email.  What is your principals response to the situation?

Dave


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