Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Chrome OS in consortia?

[John Merriam]

Thanks Michael!  We have looked in to LTSB but there seemed to be issues 
with really being able to deploy it?  I will forward this to the person 
who was working on our Windows solutions.  Thanks again.



On 10/24/2018 10:28 AM, Michael Schell wrote:

Hey John,

I can't answer any of your chrome OS questions but wonder if you have 
looked into using Windows LTSC to avoid the mandatory feature updates.  
This is our strategy for all of our PCs and it has been working out great.


Windows LTSC 



Cheers,

Michael

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 09:34, John Merriam > wrote:


Hello.  This isn't really Evergreen related but we are evaluating
Chrome
OS (Chrome books/boxes) as an alternative option to offer to our
libraries due to the issues Microsoft has created in Windows 10 (mostly
surrounding the mandatory feature updates).

Does anyone have experience deploying Chrome OS in a consortium or
large
library system?

If so, what issues have you run into?

If we decide to move forward with a Chrome OS option we would likely be
recommending it only for patron facing machines.  We assume Chrome OS
probably wouldn't be a good fit for staff machines.

Thank you!

-- 


John Merriam
Evergreen Systems Specialist
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070 x108



--
Michael Schell
Systems Administrator
Fort Erie Public Library
905-871-2546 x301
msch...@fepl.ca 
www.fepl.ca 


--

John Merriam
Evergreen Systems Specialist
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070 x108

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Chrome OS in consortia?

[Terran McCanna]

The only complaints I've heard so far from the libraries that are using
Chrome OS is that it doesn't always play nicely with printers and other
hardware. I don't have more detail than that at this time.

Terran McCanna
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
tmcca...@georgialibraries.org

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On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:34 AM, John Merriam  wrote:

> Hello.  This isn't really Evergreen related but we are evaluating Chrome
> OS (Chrome books/boxes) as an alternative option to offer to our libraries
> due to the issues Microsoft has created in Windows 10 (mostly surrounding
> the mandatory feature updates).
>
> Does anyone have experience deploying Chrome OS in a consortium or large
> library system?
>
> If so, what issues have you run into?
>
> If we decide to move forward with a Chrome OS option we would likely be
> recommending it only for patron facing machines.  We assume Chrome OS
> probably wouldn't be a good fit for staff machines.
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
>
> John Merriam
> Evergreen Systems Specialist
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 24 Wooster Ave.
> Waterbury, CT 06708
> 203-577-4070 x108
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Chrome OS in consortia?

[Dan Scott]

Our university library has been using Chromebooks for its quick lookup
catalogue stations for several years now.

They're cheap, easy to use, and easy to centrally administer. You can set
them up so that they automatically begin a new session after a certain
period of time, protecting those who forget to close their session.

We haven't deployed Chromebooks for use as primary workstations--in a
university environment there is still a fair bit of specialized software we
need to provide--but we do loan Chromebooks (and only Chromebooks) to
patrons. And again, compared to trying to keep Windows machines up to date,
it's been a breeze. And they meet the vast majority of the needs of our
users: searching databases, streaming video, sending email.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:34 AM John Merriam  wrote:

> Hello.  This isn't really Evergreen related but we are evaluating Chrome
> OS (Chrome books/boxes) as an alternative option to offer to our
> libraries due to the issues Microsoft has created in Windows 10 (mostly
> surrounding the mandatory feature updates).
>
> Does anyone have experience deploying Chrome OS in a consortium or large
> library system?
>
> If so, what issues have you run into?
>
> If we decide to move forward with a Chrome OS option we would likely be
> recommending it only for patron facing machines.  We assume Chrome OS
> probably wouldn't be a good fit for staff machines.
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
>
> John Merriam
> Evergreen Systems Specialist
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 24 Wooster Ave.
> Waterbury, CT 06708
> 203-577-4070 x108
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Chrome OS in consortia?

[Michael Schell]

Hey John,

I can't answer any of your chrome OS questions but wonder if you have
looked into using Windows LTSC to avoid the mandatory feature updates.
This is our strategy for all of our PCs and it has been working out great.

Windows LTSC


Cheers,

Michael

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 09:34, John Merriam  wrote:

> Hello.  This isn't really Evergreen related but we are evaluating Chrome
> OS (Chrome books/boxes) as an alternative option to offer to our
> libraries due to the issues Microsoft has created in Windows 10 (mostly
> surrounding the mandatory feature updates).
>
> Does anyone have experience deploying Chrome OS in a consortium or large
> library system?
>
> If so, what issues have you run into?
>
> If we decide to move forward with a Chrome OS option we would likely be
> recommending it only for patron facing machines.  We assume Chrome OS
> probably wouldn't be a good fit for staff machines.
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
>
> John Merriam
> Evergreen Systems Specialist
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 24 Wooster Ave.
> Waterbury, CT 06708
> 203-577-4070 x108
>


-- 
Michael Schell
Systems Administrator
Fort Erie Public Library
905-871-2546 x301
msch...@fepl.ca
www.fepl.ca