* Mark Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070329 05:10]: > Hi everyone, > > Though many out there may already be aware of this, I just recently > found out about a Debian (sarge) based distribution called Pluto. > > http://plutohome.com > http://plutohome.org
thanks for the info > > Though presently Pluto is designed for home automation, once you take > a look at it you'll see the tremendous potential it offers to schools; > particularly in the area of centralized media distribution. It's > Orbiter interface for device control is incredible and revivals some > very expensive (which for most schools means prohibitively expensive!) > commercial control systems I've encountered at the university level. > It's Core server appears to be configured similar to our Main server > (dns, dhcp, ltsp, etc.), but it definitely lacks the kind of > comprehensive user and system administration tools of Skolelinux. multimedia support is getting more and more important, so i support your idea > Anyway, though I don't have the skills or experience to evaluate the > real potential for some integration between Pluto and Skolelinux, I > thought that there might be some out there who could and would be > willing to. A collaboration would definitely add an entirely new > dimension to what DebianEdu means to schools. i agree, perhaps we could organize a workshop together > BTW, apparently Pluto is seriously looking into a switch to Ubuntu, so > there very well might be some orphaned Debian packages out there soon. > > Regards, > > Mark > Regards/AmicaLinuxement/Saludos/Viele Gruesse! Kurt Gramlich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key ID 0xE263FCD4 http://www.skolelinux.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
