[Year 12 Its] Linux v XP

[Jack Matthews]

Very nice

I just ordered myself a class set : )



>From: gordonp at horsham-college.vic.edu.au
>Reply-To: "Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing 
>List"<is at edulists.com.au>
>To: is at edulists.com.au
>Subject: RE: [Year 12 Its] Linux v XP
>Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:51:06 +1100
>
>
>good idea jack - I used bootable CD's last year, which the kids found not 
>too threatening - particularly for home use.
>
>I used ubuntu   http://www.ubuntu.com/   Just go to their site and they 
>will send you as many CD's as you want - no charge, no strings. The package 
>consists of 1) a boot CD - slow, but a good way to see if linux works on 
>your hardware;
>and 2) a full install CD. The only problems i had with the full install 
>were with display drivers for ATI cards on 1 machine.
>
>gordon
>
>
>
>"Jack Matthews" <jack_m_matthews at hotmail.com> on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:32:03 
>+1100 wrote:
> > You could use a CD bootable version on linux for this puropse if you 
>wanted.
> >
> > Knopix and SUSE have these types of distributions, that way the kids can
> > wreck the OS as much as they want.  You can also mount your Home drive 
>on a
> > USB stick which most of student will have these days.
> >
> > -jack
> >
> >
> > >From: Rob Attrill <attrill.robert.j at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> > >Reply-To: "Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing
> > >List"<is at edulists.com.au>
> > >To: Yr7-10it at edulists.com.au,        "Year 12 Information Technology
> > >Processing and ManagementTeachers'Mailing List" <ipm at edulists.com.au>,
> > >   "Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing
> > >List"<is at edulists.com.au>
> > >Subject: [Year 12 Its] Linux v XP
> > >Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:48:51 +1100
> > >
> > >Greetings to all,
> > >
> > >Apologies to those who for whom this is a cross posting, however, as I
> > >teach/have taught Systems, IPM and IT at year 10 I realised that the 
>issue
> > >would have interested me regardless, so it might interest you as well.
> > >
> > >I am planning an install by Year 10 students of a dual boot (XP and Red
> > >Hat) to give them the experience and also to give them a means of
> > >comparison between the two O/S's. I was wondering if anyone has done 
>any
> > >work or created any exercises comparing the two, or has any classroom 
>type
> > >exercise material on Red Hat in particular.
> > >
> > >regards
> > >
> > >Rob Attrill
> > >Mill Park Secondary College
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