[Technical] Linux at a Sydney school

[Con Zymaris]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 01:00:13PM +1100, Jim Maunder wrote:
> At 12:21 PM 23/03/2006, Con  wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 12:13:30PM +1100, Clark, Ian C wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au
> >> > [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Con Zymaris
> >> > However, Ian, there seems to be a far greater degree of Linux
> >> > and OSS adoption in the independent school space than in the
> 
> ....
> 
> >Then start looking at reducing those desktop support calls by replacing
> >those Windows desktops with locked down Linux. We can show a 90% reduction
> >in desktop support costs by taking this single step. Go figure.
> 
> You could also achieve a large reduction in desktop support costs by 
> allowing only girls in the computer labs.  Not really a practical solution.
> 
> Seriously we have XP desktops that are not 'locked down', and all I 
> have to do is re-image them every term break to tidy them up. There 
> is never any damage, hardly ever any naughty wallpaper, hardly ever 
> any mangled software etc. I go in the labs maybe once a week, and 
> that is usually to help a kid with software or logging in. The rest 
> of the time I have 500 lappies to look after, and that does not keep 
> me busy most of the time.

Everone's mileage varies. You may be lucky with respect to malware and 
have decent users. Many sites aren't 

And yes, I suspect you're right about the girls too ;-)


Cheers,

Con Zymaris

- CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.
- Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.
- Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry cluster.)
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