School Project; please read

[Brian Fahrlander]

     Well, for the first time in literally years, a break appears: if I 
can write a how-to on setting up an "Introduction to Linux" class, the 
local college will PAY me to do it.  Teaching...getting paid...two 
things I thought I wouldn't really see again...   :>

     Technical questions: ('cause this is that list)

     They have all Windows boxes; probably 2k3 or XP. Vista, if they 
hurt someone in a past life...it is enough to have them resize, say, 5G 
of their drives to install Linux?  How tough is that? (I've not 
maintained Windows this century...)

     Is it possible to hand out "Live" CDs and do anything meaningful on 
them, like learning spreadsheets, word processing, etc?  I'm assuming 
any school work would have to connect to a shared-space, someplace...

     Are there other low-cost ways to present Linux to a room full of 
students, easily?  (I'm aware of LTSP; I'm also aware of netbooting 
having changed drastically since I used it...but I love the idea)

     If we can get this class going, there's a good chance of exposure! 
(And I stay out of child-support prison...)
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  Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
  Evansville, IN                              http://Fahrlander.net/brian
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