I think mandating a particular Linux distro for a school is probably
not the way to go. Depending on the stuidents competency
thellikes/dislikes they are likely to selltle with one or more
distros. When it comes initially conducting a workshop by LKLUG we
could decide on a particular distro depending on a school. I think it
will be only a mater of time before there are some guys who's already
used Redhat or Fedora in which case something like Debian or Gentoo or
even Slackware might be appealing.
If we go back to the begining of the thread the issue is whether it
*really makes sense* to go with Redhat Enterprise sort of version. Do
schools really need enterprise support? I dont think they do let alone
most SMEs :) What we should come up with a Linux strategy for schools
that focuses on applications and desktop enviroments/howtos so that
students/staff can help them selves and truely be FREE!
Somethiing along the lines of
http://www.schoolforge.net/
Bud
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:09:00 +0600, Nandalal Gunaratne
<nandalal@???> wrote:
> Let us ask IATA and find out! Someone here may well support Debian
> or Slackware too.
> We, through lklug can promote the truly free versions of Linux.
> Debian, Slackware and distros based on these are OK. I agree that
> schools will not need support and that if any such support is needed,
> we should allow this support to develop in Sri Lanka itself. This
> will happen naturally if Linux is so deployed in Schools. What must be
> avoided is for IATA or the Ministry of Education to close such
> activities or restrict the freedom of Linux and FOSS development and
> support say to few companies.
>
> Nandalal
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:12:53 +0600, Deependra Ariyadewa
> <deependra@???> wrote:
> > let me explain
>
>
> >
> > this project is not a small one . ICTA is going to sell more than
> > 100000 computers with linux to school and government servents. cost
> > per computer arround 30000 with intel hardware.
> >
> > so why are we going to depend on company backing distros like Fedora
> > and Mandrake.
> > whats happen if big guys linke N.. or ..BM buy those distos. :((
> >
> > If we go in to this kind of large scale we can adopt our technology with Debian.
> > It is really free.. if we think about sustainable developmenet we
> > should make the correct
> > decession.
> >
> > sometimes good things are not looks good.
> >
> > GNU/Deep
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I really agree with Chintana. Knoppix, Mandrake & Fedora are best for
> > > beginners.
> > >
> > > When some one asks for more, we can point him/her to debian.
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > > Tharindu
> > >
> > > On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:03:45 +0600, "Chintana Wilamuna"
> > >
> > >
> > > <chintanaw@???> said:
> > > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:37:39 +0600, Deependra Ariyadewa
> > > > <deependra@???> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > Is it really necessary for schools to go
> > > > > > for support?
> > > > >
> > > > > no .
> > > > > Debian is the best option.. they got the most number of packege.
> > > >
> > > > I disagree. Considering the mindset of the students going
> > > > to use GNU/Linux I think Fedora or Mandrake may be the
> > > > best choice. The no. of packages will make no difference.
> > > >
> > > > I've seen that Mandrake comes with all the necessary
> > > > apparatus for multimedia (mp3, movies etc...)
> > > >
> > > > The moment they see some cool stuff in the computer labs
> > > > at school they want to get it running at their home machines.
> > > > And they _do_ want the same thing with the same version
> > > > (I've seen this too many times, including the uni env!) Not
> > > > necessarily GNU/Linux but any software for that matter.
> > > >
> > > > And Knoppix can also play a major role but when it comes
> > > > to get in installed it's a bit of a PITA. Students do get home
> > > > work everyday (horrible stuff, can't believe I went through
> > > > all this sh!t)
> > > >
> > > > Bye,
> > > >
> > > > -Chintana
> > > >
> > > > --
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