[ubuntu-us-ma] Update: Old Colony Computer Lab

[Joe Palladino]

Nice work Martin.  That sounds like it could be a nice win for Ubuntu.
-- Joe

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Advocates,
>
> I had a meeting this morning with the people who are attempting to
> re-establish a computer lab that many years ago fell into disrepair
> after all the computers got stolen. Mel King got me in touch with them
> because we can offer advice on the best ways of starting up such a
> center.
>
> So I sent the morning making sure that Ubuntu and FOSS was well
> understood, they'll be coming down to the SETC tomorrow to go through
> the familiarity class, but the response seems very positive so far.
>
> There might be some work to re-wire the patch panel and various parts of
> the physical network. I've convinced them that they really need a switch
> and to get the network infrastructure up to a decent level.
>
> The hope is that the people who end up managing the center when it's up
> and running will come to the sys-admin classes and be able to run entire
> place on Ubuntu.
>
> I'll post updates as they come in.
>
> Best regards, Martin Owens
>
>
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