Hi DebianEdu, first, thanks for all the advice I got. On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 04:13:13PM +0100, RalfGesellensetter wrote: > Am Montag 29 Oktober 2007 schrieb Michael Hanke: > > [ I'm not subscribed (yet), please keep me CC'ed ] > > Dear Michael, > > thank you for your intereset in free educational software - and welcome > to Debian Edu (in case you didn't know: there is also a mailinglist in > German). I know, but English is fine. > From what I heard, Debian will very well run on old machines as well - > but you might consider replace KDE or Gnome by a lighter desktop > environment (such as IceWM). There is also educational live CDs - but > taken the weak configuration of your school's machines, installation > would be a wise thing to do. How many disk space is there BTW? I > recommend a minimum of 4 GB for a full workstation. But if you drop > Openoffice and KDE, you will get along with 3 GB. > > What other plans are there? How about internet usage? As you start > setting up a proxy and possibly even user accounts why not take the > 1 hour to install a main server including squid? > > And if you want to save N-1 hours installing your N computers you may > consider using the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP). Thus, all > desktops look alike and any additional application needs only to be > installed once. What I learned so far the LTSP is the way to go. As there is very little money to spend (if any at all), it is best invested in a single machine. I hope to improve the hardware situation by organizing some donations -- will see if that works. Concerning the desktop environment: As we are talking about 6-11 year-olds I don't see the need for a full-blown desktop. ATM I think a simple screen, where the children can choose from a number of apps should be enough. I'd be happy to hear about other oppions on a suiteable environment for children of that age. At the moment my daughter uses XFCE to start her tuxpaint and she is happy with it ;-) Internet-Access: There is a DSL line and it is used to let them surf the net. I really want to learn more about clever filtering of net traffic. I hope to find something that enables the teacher to deliver a message like: 'There is a lot on the internet, but also a lot of crap.' ATM the policy/capability seems to be that the children are told that if they see porn, they should not look at it -- somehow suboptimal.... > P.S.: May I ask 2 questions myself? Whereabout is that school (region), Sure, the school is in Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, but concerning financial or technological support I guess it is no different than any other third-world country. Hmm, I have to apologize: There are probably a number of such countries that do better than Germany in this respect :( > and how did you find Debian-Edu? I cannot really remember. I know it for a long time (knowing like: knowing it is there), but I haven't had any use for it. But now things seem to screem for it ;) I'm working with Debian for a long time now, but usually my focus is on neuro-imaging software. You can find me here: http://www.debian.org/devel/people Thanks again, Michael -- GPG key: 1024D/3144BE0F Michael Hanke http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de/hanke ICQ: 48230050
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