<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Back from the grave, I rise :-)<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal">I may have been in silent mode for the past few months, but
I have not stopped learning and appreciating (at the same time, shudder) what I
get to read in this list group, and how much Ubuntu can help me in “designing” a
“Microsoft-free” new computer lab.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For a while, the School Board was entertaining the idea of “outsourcing”
the new lab – hardware and courseware – thus, my silence, and I must admit, I
was “excited” with the idea that the load of micromanaging the lab has been
lifted of my shoulders.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But it seems the relief was more of a temporary respite, and
most of the responsibilities how to “stitch together” the new lab is hopping back
up on my lap. :-)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So far, the emerging picture is this:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Thick
clients for Ubuntu – Asus or Intel motherboards</li><ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="a"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">512MB
to 1Gig system memory</li></ol><li class="MsoNormal" style="">We are
most likely to go wireless</li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My concerns which I hope the far more experienced people in
this group could shed more light to minimize the bumps and humps along my way:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Can I
use a Linksys PCI wireless adapter for the desktops, with Ubuntu? Are
there any known issues using Linksys PCI-wireless adapters?<br><br></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Is it
a wise “upgradeable” path to go for the still to-be ratified draft N for the Linksys PCI adapter and Router/AP<br> </li><ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="a"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">For
our PCI wireless adapters </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">For <span style=""> </span>our wireless router/access points</li></ol></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Initial target for the new lab is 30 desktops. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The salvageable few from the older computers will be resurrected
with additional memory to serves as a file-server, a firewall and the rest will be “relocated” to the about-to be
renovated library.</p><br><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in far advance :-)<br></p>
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