edubuntu comments-observations

[Jane Weideman]

Thanks for the feedback Eddy,

It would really be more helpful if you posted to the mailing list of put
your feedback on the wiki (www.edubuntu.org) where it can be seen and
acted on as appropriate.

regards
JaneW

On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 09:31 -0400, eddy at microquantum.com wrote:
> Jane,
> 
> A few comments observations regarding the edubuntu distro (ltsp).
> The LTSP just doesn't work after a long 1.5hr edubuntu install on a test
> machine.
> Ethernets are not skillfully configured for immediate operation, but
> reconfigured via the network Gui config.
> 
> As a standalone system , Ubuntu is great. Edubuntu is just a clone of it
> with LTSP partly-installed and some extra packages. I could do that with
> apt-get without edubuntu. Certainly with Gentoo by running one command -
> install ltsp. And they have documentation to accompany the install.
> No documentation is included or available on the edubuntu website to help
> configure LTSP.
> 
> Take a cue from Skolelinux, OpenLab, or the highly polished K12LTSP.
> All those distros, work right after the install , or with minor network
> configuration. The crucial point is, the LTSP which is by itself a little
> complex, and not easily configured, should be the primary focus of
> edubuntu in being preconfigured for at least a default working environment
> with schhollbell or schooltool preinstalled. Otherwise, why bother with
> edubuntu when all the other systems work out of the box.
> 
> Eddy                eddy at microquantum.com
> Micro Quantum
> 
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JaneW
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