[K12OSN] Ubuntu thoughts...

[Rob Owens]

There is the edubuntu project being worked on.  I
think it's basically supposed to be K12LTSP on Ubuntu.
 I'm not sure if they will be including Dansguardian
and Squidguard in a fashion that is as easy as it
currently is in K12LTSP, but I'm sure it will be
available to you.

-Rob

--- richard ingalls <aslansreturn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think I'm going to go for it with Ubuntu.  I LOVE
> the idea of only needing ONE CD to install from! 
> Most
> people in the US (especially schools) already have a
> DSL or faster connection.  (Schools in the US can
> get
> very fast internet connections for a very reasonable
> price due to government money earmarked for this
> purpose).  So, downloading the additional packages
> from Ubuntu and other public mirrors strategically
> located across the globe should be no problem.  As
> for
> other nations... I can't say; I don't know.
> 
> I am excited about the upcoming edubuntu release in
> October!  Can't wait to see how it works.  Until
> then,
> I'm going to try ver. 5.04.  I just need server
> applications mostly.  BUT, I want to impress my
> fellow
> network administrator colleagues (who are all
> WINDOWS
> geeks).  I think Ubuntu will do the trick.
> 
> As far as education goes, I'm thinking that you
> could
> put all the "K12LTSP" related packages on a 2nd CD
> and
> maybe keep the downloads on only TWO CDs!  (Instead
> of
> Fedora's FIVE CDs!).  That would be great too.
> 
> Lastly, squidguard and dansguardian REALLY need to
> work and work well (for the CIPA requirements).  In
> my
> opinion this is reason enough to stay with Fedora
> (if
> it won't work well in Ubuntu).  In Fedora,
> squidguard
> JUST WORKS!  I love it!  8th grade boys hate it!  Ha
> ha!  In Fedora I just add the proper repository for
> yum and I can install dansguardian.  It just works! 
> These are the two KILLER APPS for me in FC3.  I pray
> they'll work as well in Ubuntu.
> 
> 
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