[KLUG Members] Lindows

[Tony Gettig]

Quoting Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>:

> > >>I was at a conference for K-12 technology folks this past week and one 
> > >>of the sessions was on Lindows.
> > > Excellent, at least Open Source got a mention.
> > Open Source got a LOT of mentions, both at presentations and in casual 
> > conversation.
> > >>Anyways, the interaction in the room was great with a lot of good 
> > >>questions and answers. The presenter had tried Mandrake, Red Hat, and 
> > >>other distros, but from an "end user" perspective, was most impressed 
> > >>with Lindows.
> > > Was he being serious?  May glances at Lindows have using resulting in a
> > > case of spontaneous wincing.
> > He was very serious and given his scenario, it might just work. I work 
> > for a much larger district, so there will be different challenges. For a 
> > fat client, it doesn't seem too bad.
> 
> Does the NDS client support Debian/Lindows?

NetWare has this thing called Native File Access, where they provide
compatibility at the server with nothing required at the client. It works pretty
good too, at least the CIFS and NFS does. I've not tried the Appletalk piece. No
Novell client needed. 

...

> > you have diddly for a budget, and things are going to get tighter yet 
> > this school year, Linux makes great sense.
> 
> Nothing motivates like neccesity.  What ever budget they do get for IT
> will probably be sapped to zilch by this insane plan to give sixth
> graders laptops (when most teachers can't figure out how to use one; 
> and what is the life expectancy of a dell laptop in the hands of a sixth
> grader - is that expressed in weeks or months?).

Oh man, don't even get me started on that one. :) And who says it will be Dell? 

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