[CoLoCo] Dual-boot and wine options

[Andrew]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:

>
> Funny thing is, from an admin standpoint, where users are not assigned
> one on one to equipment (such as in a school or a library), Linux is far
> superior an OS than either Windows or Mac.  However, it takes the
> schools to understand that, and to look at a different model than they
> are accustom to.  Properly setup in a school, you should be buying one
> large computer, cost 3-5 times a normal desktop, and add terminal
> connections to it.  Then connect 10-15 dumb terminals.  From an
> administration standpoint, a security standpoint, a cost standpoint, and
> a maintenance standpoint, the Linux solution is far better.


I agree. It would make it a whole lot easier to administer things.

I recently had an opportunity to get a tour of the engineering facilities a
couple weeks ago at CSU in Fort Collins. I was thrilled to see thin clients
running Linux. They seemed to be from sun Microsystems and were running
solaris, but hey it's a Linux thin client lab. I think our guide said most
of the school was like that. Even in the dorms. (except for the library)

I thought it made a whole lot of sense, and seemed very efficient.

-Andrew
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