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Building a Linux Computer Lab for Schools?

Posted by Cliff on from the penguins-in-education dept.

joseamuniz asks: "After giving Linux classes to Secondary School Teachers, I got in touch with a non-profit organization called UNETE. This association has donated 1,523 computer labs to public schools in Mexico. I told them about Linux, and they are interested in equipping a beta computer lab with this Operating System, with Intel PIII, 256 MB RAM PCs. The more they like this lab, the higher chances to include Linux in the new labs donated by this institution." What hardware configurations and software packages would you install on such a machine to show off the real power of Linux in an educational environment?

8 of 464 comments (clear)

  1. Software to be included... by doodlelogic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windows and Word on a second partition.

    1. Re:Software to be included... by mbsurf · · Score: 2, Funny

      vi? emacs? c'mon!

  2. Re:Great, but... by zackrentwood · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suspect that a Mexican computer lab wouldn't be all that interested in Oregon Trail anyway. Call me crazy, but I suspect it wouldn't fit into their history program very neatly.

  3. Re:No Xwindows by yorkpaddy · · Score: 2, Funny
    For education you dont need Xwindows. Command lines is fast on PIII.
    Grammar is helpful though.
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    "brxref .k.p ,.by xprt. gbe.p.oycmaycbi yd. cby.nci.bj. ru yd. am.pcjab lgxlcj" don'
  4. Re:Great, but... by harrkev · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about "Where in Tiajuana is Carmen Sandiego?"

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    "-1 Troll" is the apparently the same as "-1 I disagree with you."
  5. Re:Morphix-lightgui by harrkev · · Score: 2, Funny

    To make sure that they feel right at home, include a BSOD screensaver.

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    "-1 Troll" is the apparently the same as "-1 I disagree with you."
  6. As for the distro... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't it obvious? Linspire.

  7. Re:Great, but... by Glonoinha · · Score: 1, Funny

    You had programming languages?
    Damn - when I started out we had to flip to the back of C= magazine and poke long lists of numbers into memory one at a time. Took us days to put in a program and then you couldn't even save them to disk (or even tape!) If someone tripped over the power cord you had to power it back up and start all over.

    True story, for what it's worth.

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    Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer