Mark I would be interest. I am new to linux but feel it would be a great opportunity to both learn and help.
I am a Windows MCSE, blah, blah, blah and trying to move to and learn different OS. have a little linux backup ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:48 pm Subject: [TriLUG] Volunteers requested for School Home Loaner Linux Project > Hi, > > TechCoaches is looking for some volunteers to develop a Linux > distribution for our growing home loaner program for students in the > Chapel Hill/Carrboro district who do not currently have internet > access. > We are currently using 200+ thin clients to provide internet and > citrixaccess to our students to the school system from home via > dial-up. The > thin clients are slightly customized for the school district (modem > added), are more expensive than refurb PCs, require customization of > each unit, support a limited subset of desired requirements, and have > other limitations. We need to support another 800+ student > loaners and > want to use Linux instead of the WinCE-based thin clients. > > This is a perfect opportunity to leverage Linux. We want a > bootable-from-CD version which would start fresh at each boot and > wouldbe low maintenance. (ie - virus-free at each boot, free of > configchange problems, etc). > > The first draft of our requirements are located at > http://www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/education/components/whatsnew/default.php?sectiondetailid=8599&id=291&viewType=detail > > > > Please email me if you are interested in this opportunity or have > suggestions on our approach. > > Thanks! > Mark Peters > TechCoaches Volunteer Program Director (parent) > www.techcoaches.org > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilugTriLUG Organizational > FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
