[Yr7-10it] Linux v XP

[Dr Paul Chandler]

I teach two year 9/10 electives using Knoppix ... Machines normally boot of HDDs, but insert a CD-ROM and they boot Knoppix ... Still connect to their network accounts etc etc  Works very well.

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From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:08 PM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Linux v XP

Great idea Rob.. there are a few schools that have this kind of setup. 
Donald Hew from Vermont SC for one gave a fantastic demo of the Novell Desktop Dual Boot setup last year at a PCEDUG meeting. There is another user friendly Linux distribution that is worth exploring called Ubuntu that I am going to try out this time with a server boot setup. There is also have an Ubuntu version that students can boot from CDROM. 
http://www.ubuntu.com

Regards Roland

Rob Attrill wrote:

> 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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