[TriLUG] K12 Linux -- plea for help

[Jon Carnes]

I will be glad to help remotely (via email) - alas no equipment.  If you 
wanted to transport the current equipment to somewhere in the Triangle or 
Raleigh, I would be happy to help configure and bring up some boxes.  

If your goal is to do it all at the HS with some student help, then I'll be 
happy to mentor a student via email.  

If that is the kind of help you need, you'll find plenty of it here at TriLUG.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

 --- Original Message: Monday 18 March 2002 11:47 am ---
> Hi, all:
>
> 	Very few of you know me, but I'm organizing and directing a project to
>
> put a small (5-10 terminal) Linux-powered, thin-client lab in Chapel
>
> Hill High School. We're going to make it available to the students
>
> starting in the fall and encourage interested instructors to
>
> incorporate it any way they choose. I've been working with one of the
>
> technology instructors already to hammer out ways we can use it to
>
> teach network stuff. They're very interested in thin-client setups over
>
> there, for obvious reasons, and have been looking into Citrix. We've
>
> now got them considering LTSP. But we need some help. (Here comes the
>
> pitch...)
>
> 	The school has several older PCs to use for terminals. In fact, one of
>
> the project's goals is to help them make use of these older systems
>
> that are or will soon be gathering dust. What I'm asking is whether
>
> anybody here is interested or knows of anyone who might be interested
>
> in donating a new(er) machine for use as a server. Ideally, it will
>
> have at least 512MB of memory and 10GB+ of hd. A tape drive would be
>
> great, but it's not essential. And the setup calls for two Ethernet cards.
>
> The machine would be donated to the school. Neither I nor UNC would
>
> benefit from it (except for the experience -- this is my master's
>
> project). I'll have to check it out, but I think it's probably
>
> tax-deductible. Alternatively, a loaner from July until the end of the
>
> year would be nearly as wonderful.
>
> 	There's a school system out in Haywood County, near Asheville, that's
>
> very gung-ho on LTSP. But there's been little, if any, of it so far
>
> around here. I think it could be really exciting.
>
> 	In addition, if anyone has any suggestions, perspectives, or
>
> experiences to share, please don't hold back. Thanks everybody for your
>
> kind consideration.
>
> ---Bob Hassett.
>
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