Very exciting stuff! I'm a student at Vassar College very much into open-source activism, especially integrating open-source into classrooms, and would love to help pro-bono with this project too.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send mhvlug mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mhvlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Thin Client set up (Don Hall) > 2. Re: Thin Client set up (Sean Dague) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:49:47 -0400 > From: Don Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [mhvlug] Thin Client set up > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Hello, > I?m not sure of your usual posting format, so excuse any errors. > I am a parent volunteer at the Woodstock Day School. I want to donate an > open source thin client array to my daughter?s classroom. Only > problem...I?m > totally linux ignorant. Is there someone in your organization who would be > willing to help me set up the system? > The task will involve loading the linux distro used by Ncomputing onto > two PC?s for a dual boot system. I?d like to install two Ncomputing X300 > cards in each box for a total of 12 thin client stations. > We?re a non-profit, which usually means we?re broke, but we might be > able to trade summer camp tuition for one of your kids. > Thank You. Don Hall > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:39:57 -0400 > From: Sean Dague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [mhvlug] Thin Client set up > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 06:49:47AM -0400, Don Hall wrote: > > Hello, > > I?m not sure of your usual posting format, so excuse any errors. > > I am a parent volunteer at the Woodstock Day School. I want to donate > an > > open source thin client array to my daughter?s classroom. Only > problem...I?m > > totally linux ignorant. Is there someone in your organization who would > be > > willing to help me set up the system? > > The task will involve loading the linux distro used by Ncomputing > onto > > two PC?s for a dual boot system. I?d like to install two Ncomputing X300 > > cards in each box for a total of 12 thin client stations. > > We?re a non-profit, which usually means we?re broke, but we might be > > able to trade summer camp tuition for one of your kids. > > First, welcome to the list! There are definitely many of us that would > be interested in helping out on something like this pro bono. > > A couple of questions, > * what sort of time frame are you looking at for getting the project > done? > * Are you sure the PCs have enough juice for 2 cards? Typically memory > is your bottleneck in such a situation. > > Looking forward to working with you, > > -Sean > > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > > Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley > sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group > http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org > > There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors > than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. > __________________________________________________________________ > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: Digital signature > Url : > http://mhvlug.org/pipermail/mhvlug/attachments/20080611/fd1afd32/attachment-0001.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mhvlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > End of mhvlug Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 > ************************************* > -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
