[CoLoCo] Dual-boot and wine options (again again)

[Andrew]

5) I told them Linux was really really cool, 6) they talked to Mike
Huffman*** of the Indiana State Dept of education and he told them Linux was
really really cool, 7) we looked at the apps we needed and they don't need
any MS apps

Answers 6-7 were the ones were the answers i was looking for. :) :D



On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 06:07:53PM -0600, David Overcash wrote:
> > I'd love to be at that meetup too...
> >
> > Which panera?  7 Sounds good!
>
> Excellent.  Panera in Longmont?  7 is fine.  And we can also talk
> about the TIE 2008 stuff next week (!).
>
> -Neal
>
> > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
> >
> >     One more email:  You GO, Jeff.  You're my hero.  You haven't steered
> 'em
> >     wrong.  I'm a
> >     SysAdmin, I run Linux everywhere, for everything, and I'll help as
> time
> >     allows.
> >
> >     Tomorrow's Panera sounds good, if you're OK with late, like 7PM.
> >
> >     On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:23:49 -0700 (PDT), Jeffrey LePage wrote
> >     > Let me address these questions:
> >     > A) Why Linux and not windows if these are for teachers and staff?
> >     > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >     > The desktops are part of a larger deployment that includes a bunch
> of
> >     Asus Eee
> >     > PC's for the kids and a couple dozen existing Linux laptops (old
> PII's
> >     happily
> >     > running Xubuntu).  Plus a bunch of Linux based IT infrastructure:
> >     firewalls,
> >     > web filtering, samba servers, wireless, etc.  Basically,  1) we
> wanted
> >     cheap
> >     > hardware that could run ubuntu (but would have problems with
> Vista), 2)
> >     we
> >     > didn't want to deal with the license police about anything, 3) we
> didn't
> >     want
> >     > to deal with viruses, 4) we wanted something on the desktops that
> was
> >     like the
> >     > OS on the Eee's, 5) I told them Linux was really really cool, 6)
> they
> >     talked
> >     > to Mike Huffman*** of the Indiana State Dept of education and he
> told
> >     them
> >     > Linux was really really cool, 7) we looked at the apps we needed
> and they
> >     > don't need any MS apps, 8) legacy windoze support is being handled
> by
> >     their
> >     > existing Win2k3 server and 25 remote desktop licences, 9) I'll be
> >     > administering these machines and I don't want to spend the rest of
> my
> >     days
> >     > dealing with windows annoyances.
> >     >
> >     > Also, some of you seem to be suggesting that Linux is only good for
> >     students;
> >     > teachers should get windows.  Why do think that?
> >     >
> >     > ***Mike Huffman is my hero.  He's in charge of rolling out a Linux
> >     desktop for
> >     > each and every single high school student in Indiana.  Google it.
>  In
> >     total
> >     > there will eventually be 300,000 linux boxes.
> >     >
> >     > B) Why not thin clients?
> >     > --------------------------
> >     > I broached this topic early on.  I even showed them a functioning
> >     thin-client.
> >     >  But they never really regarded thin-clients as viable substitutes
> for
> >     > admin/teacher computers.  I think the thought of that sort of
> >     infrastructure
> >     > was a little overwhelming for them. They're just more comfortable
> with
> >     normal
> >     > desktops.  The idea was quickly dismissed and I didn't push it.
>  They
> >     opted
> >     > for a classroom with one solid Linux desktop, 2 of the old Linux
> laptops
> >     for
> >     > student use, and 1-2 Eee's for student use. They like the Asus
> Eee's
> >     because
> >     > they're small, cheap, and wireless capable.
> >     >
> >     > <Sigh>
> >     > This is my son's school.  I really don't want to think that I've
> steered
> >     these
> >     > people wrong.  If anyone wants to offer more advice I'd be happy to
> >     listen.
> >     > Emails are getting tiresome though.   Does anyone feel like going
> to
> >     Panera's
> >     > on Friday after work?
> >     >
> >     > --
> >     > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
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> >     >
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