Access Indiana - Upcoming Changes @ North!

Steve Hargadon wrote:
> On 6/6/06, *"Simón A. Ruiz"* <sruizmccsc.edu
<mailto:sruizmccsc.edu>> 
> wrote:We now have 126 (122 student, 4 >teacher)
Edubuntu Linux 
> workstations out
>  >in 4 English classrooms, and have just been
awarded a second grant (from
>  >the same Access Indiana project) to outfit 5 more
30-station classrooms
>  >in our English department.
> 
> Simon:
> 
> Very cool. 

 I
think so.

> I met with Mike Huffman last year, and after several
phone calls and 
> emails with him he ultimately decided that they did not
have an interest 
> in any of the thin-client Linux solutions and were
moving toward 
> "streaming" solutions (like Ardence).  Are
you running Edubuntu in 
> thin-client mode?

No, we're running the full Edubuntu Desktop on each
machine. Each 
machine is fully capable of running everything locally.

> We did some pretty complex spreadsheets to show
cost-savings for using 
> thin-client Linux, but Mike (at the time) was focused
on Novell Linux 
> Desktop and the new computers from Evergreen.  I've
tried to make 
> contact with him a couple of times since, but the door
hasn't really 
> been "opened" again.

Yeah, the vast majority of Access Indiana schools are using
Novell, some 
are using Linspire. We're the only ones using Edubuntu, but
that's 
mostly because it wasn't listed as a choice. After I brain
dump all our 
documentation and information re:Edubuntu on the community
site I'm 
planning to create, we'll see if other schools don't
decide to go the 
Edubuntu route.

Re: Evergreen computers: There was also a Dell choice, which
our 
corporation went for; mainly because ALL our desktop
purchases for a 
long time have been from Dell.

> I'm the organizer for the Open Source Lab at NECC 2006
in San Diego next 
> month, and we are having a number of speakers on Open
Source in 
> Education (see http://necc2006.pbwiki.com
 
> <http://necc2006.pbwiki
.com>).  Any chance you'll be there?

Unfortunately, there is not. I'll be in Venezuela during
that time. It 
looks like a good get together, though, good luck on it.

> Again, great work.  Would love to know more about what
you have done.  
> BTW, we sell refurbished Dell GX150's that make
excellent small thin 
> clients... 

Well, I'll certainly announce on here when I get a
semblance of a site up.

Thanks for your e-mail.

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 >=-Y-=<                  Simón A. Ruiz
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    |              Bloomington High School North
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