This is where I want your help. I need honest feedback, both positive and negative, from HOSEF members about the challenges of Linux within the scope of education. For example, besides Office and Web surfing, what will students actually be doing at the Linux cluster? What educational software is available for Linux? Particularly, how can Linux be useful for math and science education (the focus of the HNLC grant)?
............what about this page? http://linux.tucows.com/home_ed.html i'm sure there are others: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=linux+%22education+software%22 Is there any hope of turning an "average" Mac or PC person into a Linux system administrator? ....probably depends on what kind of network one wants to administer, i would imagine. good luck, Mike With your feedback, I will report my findings to my supervisor who will likely report to her supervisor, and so up the chain it will go, the way things work in government. I am enthusiastic that the attitude toward Linux is warming as the benefits become more compelling. Good luck with your legislative proposal (of course I am speaking personally not officially). You work from the top, I'll work from the bottom, maybe, just maybe public school students will benefit which will make all of this worthwhile to me. Sincerely, Benjamin Kinsey -- http://www.pbase.com/paix http://paix.devbrain.com Only two of my personalities are schizophrenic, but one of them is paranoid and the other one is out to get him.
