That sounds great. I can help out two weeks of every month when working from home too. Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Dave Breslin" <davidp.breslin@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 18:49 Subject: IT Support for Irish Schools To: <dalyste@gmail.com> Cc: "Rohit Thakral" <thakralrohit@gmail.com>, "Camara" <camaradublin@googlegroups.com>, "Ubuntu Irish Team" <ubuntu-ie@lists.ubuntu.com> Hi Stephen, Just a thought... Will these PCs or Laptops be on a network with internet access?? If so, we could maybe provide remote support if they open a port on their firewall. That way Camara could organise a rota for support with volunteers getting involved as well. It really is down to resources as you say. Dave Breslin On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Steven Daly <dalyste@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Thanks for your replies. > > The operating system that we are using so far has been Windows XP Pro. We > do offer Linux to schools but they are much more inclined to go for the > Windows option. In terms of encouraging one or the other, I try to present > the advantages and disadvantages of both and leave the school to decide for > itself. > > My plan is basic so far. I was thinking the best approach may be simply to > set up a Google Group on which anyone interested can contribute. Access to > this will be given to all Camara schools in Ireland and can be used as an > advice point for technical problems. Offering support is obviously one of > the most difficult aspect of the Camara model in Ireland, as always, it > comes down to limited resources. > > Would anyone have any feedback, suggestions, improvements on that idea? > > Thanks, > Steven > > On 13 July 2010 10:24, Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> Well my secondary school had macs but most schools wouldnt be able to >> afford them. >> >> --fagan >> >> On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 09:44 +0100, tDR112 wrote: >> > What operating system are you putting on these computers. I would >> > think most Irish schools would want Windows >> > Jeffrey Roe, >> > www.tog.ie >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > I'm also interested and would be happy to talk/collaborate where I >> can. >> > > >> > > Regards >> > > Bob >> > > >> > > On 11 July 2010 10:42, Rohit Thakral <thakralrohit@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> Hi Rory/Steven,