Edubuntu GUI

[Mathewson]

I have mentioned quite a few times that I am not a great
one for consensus rule - this gave us Hitler and Russian
Communism. What I have presented is my opinion based on my
needs analysis for my situation.

It is already clear that there is a multiplicity of needs
in the education sector.

If Edubuntu is to be "stuffed" with eye-candy, themes, and
so forth I do think:

1. These should be optional; with a plain vanilla variety
as an alternative for those with nut allergies.

2. The GUI should be lockable by the lab administrator:

I worked for 2 years as a language lab administrator in St
Andrews in Scotland (Macintosh), and 4 years as the same in
the United Arab Emirates (both Macintosh and Windows 98).
The lack of "lock down" meant a number of rather difficult
things:

In the UAE the 'men' at the boys' campus had great fun
putting naked ladies on the desktop. The 'women' at the
girls' campus spent an awful lot of time putting artistic
love messages to both the male and femal teachers on the
desktops. The 'men' were also rather good at flicking the
110/230 volt switch on the back and blowing brand-new
computers.

In Scotland the Chinese, Japanese and Korean students
delighted in repeatedly reinstalling MSN messenger and
various chat clients, as well as changing the system script
system to their respective writing systems.

Ultimately, in Scotland, we went for a netboot from a
preconfigured disc image - if this were possible with
Edubuntu things would be super.

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
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