I work in this world as well, in San Francisco where I work with 17 community technology centers. So, here is what I think would be the perfect world application. A linux server that served cloned images of Macs (X), windowz and Linux (maybe k12ltsp). So, when a user logged on they could choose the operating system they wanted and whether or not they wanted to update their image (or maybe netboot?) (Clearly throwing macs in the mix makes it more difficult. I know that some people have netboot working for macs.)
The major issue in uptime in our labs is around problemsolving indivdual problems on each machine. And before you say just lock down the desktop, the purpose of a community tech center is to give people unfettered access. Breaking (and fixing) is part of learning.
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I work in this world as well, in San Francisco where I work with 17 community technology centers. So, here is what I think would be the perfect world application. A linux server that served cloned images of Macs (X), windowz and Linux (maybe k12ltsp). So, when a user logged on they could choose the operating system they wanted and whether or not they wanted to update their image (or maybe netboot?) (Clearly throwing macs in the mix makes it more difficult. I know that some people have netboot working for macs.)
The major issue in uptime in our labs is around problemsolving indivdual problems on each machine. And before you say just lock down the desktop, the purpose of a community tech center is to give people unfettered access. Breaking (and fixing) is part of learning.
Is any part of this possible?