On 05/06/2012 06:26 PM, John Bottomley wrote:
Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be
interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium.
We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years.
The aim of the project is to support local communities by improving
access to IT. We run a range of activities including 'drop in help
sessions, loan of recycled pcs and free internet access at both local
and neighbourhood levels.
Central to our activities is use of Ubuntu, we have about 250 Pcs on
loan all of which are Ubuntu based. Many of our loan PCs are used by
school children and FE/HE students for their home studies.
All our workshop PCs/Laptops (about 25) are Ubuntu based.
We expect to see about 500 people per month in our workshops held at
community centres and rural village halls.
So we think we must have over 1000 people in the area regularly using
Ubuntu from version 8.04 onward
We adopted Unity at 11.10 - customers liked it - trainers liked it.
We are currently deploying 12.04 - only comment we are getting is
'this is quicker'.
When we were designing the project we decided that Ubuntu was the OS
of choice and that we would centre all project activity on this software.
Our opinion is that we now live in a world where Apple, Android,
Google plus about 4 versions of Windows are in common circulation at
any time; therefore users often use 2 or more different operating
systems with phones tablets and PCs in common use. Users therefore
need to have a generic understanding and transferable skills rather
than the ability to use just one software.
As an organisation with training as on of our primary functions we can
definitely confirm the customer willingness to use Ubuntu as their
primary learning medium
As a voluntary group we are very cost conscious and we are certain
that without Ubuntu this project would not have been able to develop
in the way it has.
Obviously licensing costs has been a factor in this but the savings
through minimal repair time and no virus problems have been vital.
Congratulations to the 12.04 team our upgrading to less than 2 hours
for 25 machines - best yet
Thanks
John Bottomley
Hi John,
Wherabouts in South Cheshire are you based or do you have a website I
can have a look at?
I can't be far from you (Runcorn) and may get chance to come down for a
visit at some point.
Dave Jones
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