Hello everybody. After reading raphael announcement, I've decided to subscribe the list, and as many of you did, I will introduce myself.
My name is Laurent COOPER. I'm using linux for almost five years, and debian for three years. I'm a teacher in france, and I also work on the SLIS project in Lyon (slis is an gnu/linux gateway firewall, with automatic update, based on a redhat :-( distribution ) I'm very interested by a debian edu project. In france, linux has almost won the game in education for servers. But not for the desktop. We need good education softwares, with easy install and GOOD documentation to have a place on the desktop. I think that a complete education offer should contains the following products : *A firewall gateway in order for the school to access internet, with web server. (something like the SLIS, but debian fashioned) *A fileserver, for windows and linux client (The samba edu project seems to become very mature for version 3), and also print server. *A virtual cdrom server (documentation center always have a lot of CD that are not used, because of lack of employees that do not permit them to be accessible). SLCD project, based on mandrake, do this pretty good. *A linux station, with easy install and parametrable install (� la kickstart). Debian Education from logidee (thanks Raphael) is a first step, but not fully satisfying. * A X and application server to run ... * Linux X terminals. Everything should be thougt as modular, because some school have lots of money and machine,, so they can afford a gateway, a file server, a cdrom tower, while others will have just one good machine on wich to put the gateway, the file server... Everything should have a simple administration interface and VERY easy installation procedures. In France, the network maintenance is sometimes (often?) done by people who hardly understand "windows for the dummies". Just one example. There is a bug in partimage-server for woody. Postinst script containt a chmod for /var/run/partimaged which is an inexistant file. I did just comment that, and installation worked perfectly. Someone who hardly understant how to edit "autoexec.bat" with the notepad.exe can't do that alone. Install must be _Hard rock bug free_. Evrything up there is a personnal opinion. You're advice would be appreciated. Have a nice day Laurent -- Debian powered computer
