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Custom Linux Distributions from Educational Institutions?
Benoit des Ligneris asks: "The engineering faculty of Sherbrooke University, the Sherbrooke University LUG and Mandrake Canada just released a Linux distribution called EduLinux, which is based on Mandrake 9.1. The event had good press coverage [in French]. Now, it looks like several universities in Canada are interested in the project. EduLinux targets novice users and educational users, alike. As one of the leader of the project, I wonder if other universities or corporations are endorsing Linux like this? What does Slashdot think of the future of this kind of personalized Linux distribution?" Note that the Canadians aren't the only ones doing this, NewsForge reports that the Swiss are, too. How long do you think it will be before colleges in the US start following suit? Update: 06/20 04:34 GMT by C : The EduLinux website is now available in English.
Ahhh, UMR, the college where men are men, women are scarce, and sheep are nervous! I guess the days are long gone when you would get called into David Dearth's office to explain the need to issue hundreds of RSCS commands to play on BitNet without approval. *ahem* I'm going to assume they learned the lesson I tried to teach them about resetting all drafting class CAD computer account passwords to 'winter' at the same time. Honest, that's the only reason I did it! :)
Do you still see those 'Rolla - Black Hole University' t-shirts around campus? I loved those.
"My school's Linux distibution is more prestigious than yours!"
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
No, sadly those t-shirts have long since disappeared, but I may have to revive them now that you've mentioned it. Sadly, Dearth retired last semester, and his replacement seems to know less about computers and networks in general than your average helpdesk grunt.
The university's new slogan is "Rolla - The middle of everywhere". What they forget to mention is that everywhere is shaped like a donut.
> The University of Michigan College of Engineering distributes "blue hat"
And the School of Business distributes "ass hat" Linux?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade