Chesapeake Center Computers

[christopher fletez-brant]

Matt - it is the Chesapeake Center for Youth Development.  Please email me
privately to arrange anything pertaining to the story.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:59 PM, <mlb at imparisystems.com> wrote:

> Just did a really quick Google on Chesapeake Center - but got back several,
> so I wanted to find out which one.  I would like to find out what the local
> papers are and send in a story.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:48:14 -0400, christopher fletez-brant
> <cafletezbrant at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Good Morning MD LoCos,
> > I thought I'd give a little bit of an update about how the linux
> > implementation is going at the Chesapeake Center.  Out of a total 6 with
> > Kubuntu made ready by John Hofstetter (big thanks!) we have 3 set up in a
> > classroom, where currently students are learning to type and write and
> get
> > familiar with a computer (remember, many of these students don't have one
> > at
> > home).  One even figured out how to create a file!  There are 3 more of
> > John's, and a whopping 5 made available by Ron Swift and my work (again,
> > big
> > thanks!).  Our plan now is to wait until a room is cleaned out that will
> be
> > the school's computer lab; hopefully this room cleanup will be done by
> this
> > weekend and then we can set up the remaining computers.  The other thing
> we
> > are hoping to get set up this weekend is Dansguardian on all of the
> > machines.  John installed it on the computers for me, but neither he nor
> I
> > know how to use it.  I found a guide that I am going to follow (
> >
> http://www.slack-tux.org/howto/setup-content-filtering-with-dansguardian/)
> > but I would love for the community to review it and make suggestions if
> > someone knows a better or easier way.  There will be more to come in the
> > next few weeks; one request I've had from the teachers is that maybe
> > someone
> > from the community could come in and give a talk to the students about
> how
> > computers work and what linux and windows are.  If anyone has a talk
> > prepared or interest in giving one, please respond to this email and
> we'll
> > hammer out the details (if you have interest, but no talk as yet, don't
> > worry, we probably have 2 -3 weeks before this would happen).
> >
> > Thank you all very much for all your help so far, and when we are fully
> > operational, I'll give a full report (with pictures!) at one of the
> > meetings.  You are all heroes!
> >
> > Kipper Fletez-Brant
>
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