> From: Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:14:19 +0200 > To: Oliver Grawert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: LTSP "out of the box" > > >> yes, there should be an option to avoid the ltsp installation, but the >> default install (hitting enter for all questions in the installer) >> should provide you with a working ltsp classroom environment including > > That's fine. > > As an example, the specs in this tender for the Catalan Departmen of > Education define by default a thick-clients environment, being opened to > a thin-clients approach. > > Of course we can adapt this for that project if we get it, I just wanted > to point that it may just happen that teachers and admins knowing what > they do could simply prefer a non-LTSP environment. > > On the other hand, I may well imagine that the Edubuntu success in the > schools will be noticed by parents wanting to have it also at home.... > picking a CD or downloading it and installing it at home. If Edubuntu is > as successful as we want, it may well happen that many people know about > Edubuntu without having heard of Ubuntu. > > The question could be as simple as: > > WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER IS THIS? > > 1. The teacher's computer, that will control the rest of computers > connected to it. (LTSP - default) Minor point, but as a teacher, I would prefer the phrase to be "The central computer" .... > > 2. A stand-alone computer in a classroom or at home. (thick-client)
There are points in favour of both approaches. Thick client The physics lab at my College has installed several new pcs. Given this, I could persuade admin to install a thick client Edubuntu in the lab, but an Edubuntu thin client approach is two hurdles for them to overcome, instead of just one. Plus, when I am using Edubuntu, I want to be able to use it/ prepare stuff at home. Thin client The computers for the students at my friends primary school are in need of replacement, but admin has a decent server. Obviously thin client. I don't yet know The Answer. John r > > Quim > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
