Maile Urbancic wrote:
Would it not be possible to make a USB persistent file. You could load Ubuntu onto any PC without having to touch the O/S. I carry one on me at all times. If someone wants to try Ubuntu, I loan it to them. I am currently using a 16 GB Flash Drive, but I should buy an 8 GB, they are going cheap on Newegg, $16-$25.Michael,Your LTSP lab sounds interesting. Unfortunately, the University Village computer center is pretty tightly run by UC Berkeley's Residential Computing department (we have 30 Windows machines and 4 Macs). We can't even get them to agree to having a non-networked staff computer in the center to allow staff members to install their own programs. I doubt they would even consider the type of setup you propose. Nonetheless, I will inquire. I completely agree that having several Ubuntu machines in the computer lab would aid adoption by letting residents experiment with Ubuntu in a low-stakes way. If nothing else, perhaps ResComp could replace a few of our many Windows machines with Ubuntu... I'll look into it.*Maile*On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Michael Paric <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:Hello,As a newcomer, I wanted to introduce myself and briefly summarize a project that Grant Bowman, Jack Deslippe, and I have beenplanning.I work with Cathy Malmrose to run Partimus, a non-profit that uses FOSS and repurposed hardware to provide technology to disadvantaged children and schools. I have a background in mathematics and programming, but I am still learning my way around Ubuntu; my more valuable skill set lies in organizational planning. I currently live in and work closely with University Village, Albany, the main campus for UC Berkeley's student family housing. I am deeply involved in affordable housing issues andin building programs beneficial to student families.Grant, Jack, I have been working to plan an installfest / Ubuntu tutorial in the University Village computer lab. The demographics of University Village make it a prime population for potential new Ubuntu users. We have nearly 2,000 highly-educated, financially impoverished, widely international adults in the Village--many of whom are likely to be interested in Ubuntu, but nervous about making the jump on their own. Our tentative plan is to create an Introduction to Ubuntu tutorial extending over two or three sessions, where students install Ubuntu the first week and learn basic skills, then come back again for the next class to resolve issues, ask questions, learn slightly more complicated skills, and learn where to go in the future when they have problems. We are planning to hold it in late January or early February, after UCB's spring semester begins. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support, Maile Urbanic [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-caMaile, We spoke briefly at a past Berkeley LUG meeting where I mentioned my thin client-based system that I believe would be perfect for the University Village. Setting up a Ubuntu-based Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) lab would provide several benefits: 1) An open lab where people without their own computers would have access to the technology; 2) A training facility for the proposed tutorial sessions; 3) Reduced maintenance and down-time due to the LTSP architecture. I believe you'll have a greater success with Ubuntu adoption if the residents can get some hands-on experience and practice in the lab before committing to an installfest (which can be done in parallel but as a separate project from the lab). I have an LTSP demo system (using ZaReason equipment, of course :) I'd be more than happy to bring to Berkeley to show you and the residents. Let me know how I can help. ---------------------------------------------------------- Michael Paric [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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