Comments on: First 24 hours with Edubuntu 6.06 http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:22:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rolly Maiquez http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Rolly Maiquez Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:30:16 +0000 http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/#comment-98 Dear Jim: Thank you very much for blogging about Edubuntu. I currently have a K12LTSP lab with 20 thin clients (our school bought clients specifically built for such lab-type settings). In the summer, I came across a copy of Ubuntu in an education conference (NECC). I installed it in a DELL Inspiron -- it found the wireless card, there's sound ... it was a much nicer and easier install than the K12LTSP I installed in the same laptop a few weeks earlier. Since I'm seriously considering setting up another lab (20 clients), this time using Edubuntu, I'd like to be able to communicate with you in further detail, if you are open to that. I'm not an experienced LINUX user -- I don't know terminal commands very well. We're using a program called The Symbiont in our K12LTSP (payware) -- this assists in the configuration of the network -- users, hardware, etc. What configuration program do you use for your setup? I hope to be able to hear a bit more from you, if you don't mind -- about your experience with Edubuntu in a lab setup. Again, thank you for your time and more power to Edubuntu! :) Dear Jim:

Thank you very much for blogging about Edubuntu. I currently have a K12LTSP lab with 20 thin clients (our school bought clients specifically built for such lab-type settings). In the summer, I came across a copy of Ubuntu in an education conference (NECC). I installed it in a DELL Inspiron — it found the wireless card, there’s sound … it was a much nicer and easier install than the K12LTSP I installed in the same laptop a few weeks earlier.

Since I’m seriously considering setting up another lab (20 clients), this time using Edubuntu, I’d like to be able to communicate with you in further detail, if you are open to that. I’m not an experienced LINUX user — I don’t know terminal commands very well. We’re using a program called The Symbiont in our K12LTSP (payware) — this assists in the configuration of the network — users, hardware, etc.

What configuration program do you use for your setup? I hope to be able to hear a bit more from you, if you don’t mind — about your experience with Edubuntu in a lab setup. Again, thank you for your time and more power to Edubuntu! :)

]]> By: Jim http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Jim Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:03:21 +0000 http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/#comment-22 Bill, You probably would want to use Xubuntu. It uses XFCE instead of GNOME for the desktop environment. This is generally much faster. You can also install Edubuntu, try it out, and if it's too slow, install xubnutu-desktop from the repository and you'll then have the option to use XFCE. Bill,
You probably would want to use Xubuntu. It uses XFCE instead of GNOME for the desktop environment. This is generally much faster. You can also install Edubuntu, try it out, and if it’s too slow, install xubnutu-desktop from the repository and you’ll then have the option to use XFCE.

]]> By: Bill D http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Bill D Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:51:02 +0000 http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/first-24-hours-with-edubuntu-606/#comment-21 Interesting issues. I plan on upgrading an old laptop that's a 133mhz Pentium. Maybe this isn't a good idea. dunno? Thanks. Interesting issues. I plan on upgrading an old laptop that’s a 133mhz Pentium. Maybe this isn’t a good idea. dunno?

Thanks.

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