Jörg, Great idea. Would you allow people to boot from your Edubuntu server? If so, the fine folks at <a href="http://boot.kernel.org">boot.kernel.org</a> might be persuaded to add an entry pointing to your boot server. Maybe they could even host an Edubuntu boot server. This would allow you to walk into a school, boot any internet-connected computer from a USB flash drive with gPXE, and finish booting from your boot server. The school doesn't have to buy more computers or buy a monster server. Their computers boot from your boot server. The school's network would have to handle the increased load of booting every computer from the internet. This may be completely impractical, so feel free to shoot it down. Ben <div class="gmail_quote"> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Jörg Sawatzki <<a href="mailto:joerg.sawatzki@web.de" target="_blank">joerg.sawatzki@web.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hey folks, after talking to some people in #edubuntu on freenode, I thought it might be a good idea to share my thoughts and ideas with you on this mailinglist as well. First of all, my name is Jörg and I am freelancing as a software developer here in the Northwest of Germany. I mostly work for the regional media centre and the state's government to develop new ways to use the internet and new technologies in schools. A lot of schools here are running some proprietary portal server which is not only quite expensive but lacks a lot features and simply isn't "state of the art" anymore (check out <a href="http://www.iserv.eu" target="_blank">www.iserv.eu</a> if you speak German). I have written a short blueprint for a new open source project that I'd like to start and would like to ask you to review it and give me your thoughts, ideas and feedback: <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/edubuntu-portal-server" target="_blank">https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/edubuntu-portal-server</a> Any mental and material help is highly appreciated :o) Wanted: - ideas, feedback, critical opinions - an Edubuntu development and playground server - testers - help with the core development - module developers - whatever you think is worth contributing ;) Thanks a lot in advance! Cheers, Jörg -- edubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div>