[CoLoCo] Edubuntu gaining popularity in schools

[Richard Guenther]

Thanks for posting that.

I've been threatened with losing all computer privileges in our district if
I try to connect my newly-converted Ubuntu laptop up to the district network
(St. Vrain Valley SD).  Ooooh, scary :-)

The good news, though, is that several people in our district tech
department are warming up to open-source software, just not the head of the
department.  We recently had a big meeting schedules where I would list
which OS software I wanted to be available to any district employee.
Besides my Principals and the district Head of Curriculum, the head of DTS
was supposed to be there.  He didn't show.  We called him and he wasn't
answering.  So basically I was told that all the requested software would be
approved.  :-)

Our DTS rules are such a joke.  They won't give anyone in a particular
school install privileges and yet they don't like to come and install
software.  The only saving grace has been the fact that Python's OS module
has allowed us ways to get around the policies.  ;-)

I would really like to get a program going for donated computers.  Since I
now installed Qwest dsl at home, I have a way to put edubuntu or another
appropriate distro on and tweak it before giving it to someone else.  I
think I may have students from our computer club come over and have some
install fests.  I'm getting some contacts in the area that say they would
like to donate computers to schools but don't because the schools only want
computers with Windows already installed.  Hopefully we can get their
unwanted comps and make them into Linux boxes.

Richard


On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was just taking a stroll through Planet Ubuntu, as there are some
> interesting things on there sometimes.
>
>
> And guess what caught my eye?
>
> a blog that someone wrote called "Going to shool! part 1"
>
> It is really interesting. It talks about how this guy heard that a school
> wanted to donate computers to other schools in need....


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