[clug-talk] Linux at School

[Andrew Graupe]

Thank you for the support I have received.  Firstly, I would like to 
clear up a misconception.  I am not running OS X.  I am running Yellow 
Dog Linux, which is essentially, Red Hat 8/9 ported to the PPC.   
Secondly, some people have accused me of "wasting time to change the 
school board".  If this were true: I would try to get all new computers 
with Linux pre-installed.  I haven't done this.  Secondly, I am merely 
trying to stop the school board from moving against me, if anything.  
During the two weeks I was gone, I was told that new "acceptable use of 
electronic resources" were put into place, including monitoring of all 
removable media, such as flash drives.  As of now, PuTTY is considered 
on the banned list.  Another observation is that I don't REALLY want 
linux, I just want connectivity to home.  This is partially true, in 
that I am not willing to put enough effort into it to get unrestrained 
forms of Linux at school.  Let's face it: if SSH to home bothers them, 
my chances are pretty much nil anyway.  Secondly, I DO want connectivity 
to home.  This is one of the most attractive features, as I can check an 
unmonitored (GASP!) e-mail address, and be able to work at home without 
sending files back and forth via my CBE-mail account.

Lastly, some of you have criticized my treatment of the tech and/or the 
principal.  I reiterate: you do not have to send e-mails yet.  I will 
try for another day doing it the "nice" way.  There is also some urgency 
about this, as a rather large project of mine is on my G3, with no easy 
way to get it to school.  Even if I used my CBE-mail account, I could 
not transfer it, because downloads are disabled for "security reasons".  
I accept that the tech probably has no end of idiots trying to f*** 
things up on a regular basis.  I know someone who had password-dumping 
utilities for Win2k.  I am not saying he is wrong to be concerned about 
security.  I accept that people are inherently dishonest, especially 
around my age.  That being said: his efforts could be directed to a more 
productive area than trying to stop me from accessing my home computer.  
My goal is only to let myself and others use SSH.  Once again: DO NOT 
e-mail yet.  If I can get PuTTY approved today, there will be no need 
and I really will have wasted your time. 

BTW: some people have mentioned web-based SSH clients.  Although I have 
had some bad experiences with them (not working, taking hours (lit.) to 
load), I am willing to try them again.  My question about this is: what 
will be gained from using a web-based SSH client?  I think (based on 
previous experience) that the tech would still be worried about it.  
However, this would have the advantage of also working on the macs.  Can 
anyone suggest a good web-based SSH client?

Thanks for your support,

Andrew

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