If there is any work that needs to be done out here around lafayette, I would be more than happy to help, but school pretty much has me pinned down with work and stuff.
I know we have talked about doing this before and am glad to see the project finally get started. best of luck --mat John Hebert wrote: > Howdy, > > Michael Murray, of Gecko Computers, has asked the > BRLUG for help in setting up Linux Terminal Server for > the CLK (Computers for Louisiana Kids) Project, which > is a subproject of the CACRC (Capital Area Corporate > Recycling Council). > > Michael and I met with David Grant, the CLK > Coordinator, yesterday morning and we showed him what > Linux was about and did a test install of LTSP on a > server box designated for a school near Ponchatoula. > > I am not that familiar with LTSP, but it looks pretty > neat. We installed version 4.1.0, but it needs to be > tweaked a bit; such as trimming down the available > applications for student users, creating the user > accounts, etc. Basically, it needs to be setup and > tested with a couple of terminals so that Michael can > deliver it to the target school. > > This is being seen as a pilot project for CLK to show > that LTSP can be used to re-purpose old Pentium I and > II boxen with Linux and then given to Louisiana > schools. The alternative is to junk perfectly good > boxes capable of running Linux, since schools think > they must have newer boxes to run the latest bloaty > Windows incarnation. > > We need help. If you are familiar with configuring > LTSP, please respond. If you aren't familiar but would > like to help anyway, please respond. I am hoping to > get a small group together via a new mailing list > (tentatively [EMAIL PROTECTED]) to help this effort > along. > > David Grant expressed much interest in Linux. They > sell a _lot_ of good, used computers and I could see > the potential to put Linux on every one of them. In > fact, he is testing Knoppix and partimage right now as > a tool to image hard drives for duplication on > multiple machines. > > The LTSP server is ready and is basically sitting on a > workbench at the CACRC, waiting for final > configuration before delivery. Note: I hadn't ever > installed LTSP before, but 4.1.0, based on Fedora, was > a breeze to install. > > We also need help with configuring some network cards > to boot off the LTSP server. I'm not exactly sure what > needs to be done here. > > This is a really good project to show what can be done > with Linux to improve education in Louisiana and it > has a lot of potential to become much bigger. Please > help. > > John Hebert > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
