New version of Karoshi

[Herman Bos]

linuxgirlie wrote:
> ok, here goes:
>
> In the UK the majority of schools run a system called RM Community 
> Connect 3 or CC3 (www.rm.com <http://www.rm.com>), CC3 is a piece of 
> software that runs on top of a fully installed Microsoft Windows 
> server, which at the moment I think they are pushing Server 03. CC3 
> allows school administrators to do things such as add users, create 
> windows profiles, change passwords, and the majority of everyday 
> network managing things that schools need. Now if you where a Windows 
> sys-admin you could do all that without another layer but in schools 
> technicians are paid a lot less than there business counterparts and 
> quite often are the teacher also, so they need this layer to be able 
> to run a working network.
>
> Before we started Karoshi we would put Linux in schools and as soon as 
> we left they would change back to windows, we decided that what Linux 
> needed was an 'RM CC3' so that teachers in school wouldn't have to 
> worry about consoles, tar files and Linux configuration.
>
> So we started the project with that idea in mind, we made it as easy 
> as possible, for example using KDE over Gnome (as it's similar to 
> XP-ish style), we have taken away all need of knowledge of Linux, for 
> example on the web server we install the school Moodle, (we call it 
> the online classroom to make things easier) so first when you put the 
> karoshi cd in it configures your web server for you installing all 
> necessary packages to run a web page. (This is the same for all 
> servers the PDC for example will install all the needed software for 
> it to become a PDC) Once the server is 'setup' it will ask you if you 
> want to install for example the online classroom. If you say yes, it 
> will copy the files to the correct place, populate the database and 
> most obviously make sure you have the correct software installed and 
> if not install it. Once this is done you get some nice icons on the 
> desktop so that you can 'manage' the server, icons can be anything 
> from a link to the admin page of Moodle, to a link that activates your 
> wake on LAN in a specified computer room.
>
> Once we had all the features that RM CC3 provide we decided to move on 
> and really go full force with Open Source, so started to provide 
> features such as a help desk (using help centre live), web-based email 
> (using squirrelmail) and more, all was available to schools just by a 
> single click of a button, basically we have had a full server setup 
> installed by trainee teachers up and running within a day...including 
> the installation of Linux, something none of them had done before.
>
> So maybe a simple way of putting it is this, Karoshi is a set of 
> scripts with nice GUI front end that allows non-experienced 
> administrators to install, configure and run a Linux network without 
> getting in to deep.
>
> Let me know if you have anymore questions, I may of wandered off 
> during that and I have a funny feeling that I still may not of 
> explained it enough!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jo
Well its much more clear now. Couldn't get this from the website. :)

Now the obvious question: Does it work on Edubuntu?

I guess some features would fit Edubuntu.

Regards,

Herman