Interactive whiteboards with Ubuntu

[Veli-Matti Lintu]

> On 03/28/11 10:46, Veli-Matti Lintu wrote:
> > There are probably quite a few people here who are interested in
> > interactive whiteboards and their linux compatibility. Finding
> > up-to-date information on the different models and how to get them
> > working with Ubuntu has been quite a challenge, so we decided to
> > spend some time and do research on the different models available
> > on the market.

> Great! When you have some docs that you feel are ready let us know
> and
> we can to it from the Edubuntu website as well. I think that will be
> useful to many people.

Hi everyone,

We have been testing the whiteboards now for a couple of weeks and it looks like most of the models can be made to work. Right now we have only problems with Cleverboard models. We have now Mimio, Promethean and Smartboard models running on normal Ubuntu 10.04 installation and on LTSP fat clients. Some of the installation packages require fixes to work correctly and we have given feedback to the vendors. We are waiting for some fixes before we finish the testing as some of the problems affect LTSP usage.

There are also updates in our blog:

http://www.opinsys.fi/en/interactive-whiteboards-in-linux-test-lab-do-they-really-work

Happy hacking!

Veli-Matti