I've just left (about a week ago) my school after 7 years. Last year a new business studies block was built with two Linux suites in it. They both have about 30 thin clients in each, which run off of one server. They are using Suse (9.1 IIRC) after Fedora Core 2 kept struggling. All of the teachers were complaining that they didn't know how to use Linux, but of course now they've found it's just fine, because with KDE they can use it just the same way as windows.
By using thin clients the school has saved a lot of money on hardware as well as software. The Linux machines are also a lot more stable than the Windows network, and everything is much more up to date (the windows network is still 98 with IE 5.0!).
If anyone is interested its the Deepings School near Peterborough in the UK.
The vauxhall team in the british touring cars hooked one of their cars up so you could sit in it and use the wheel, peddals, and shift paddels to control a touring car game that was on a very large plasma screen suspended just above the front window screen. Don't think it was force feedback, but they have had it quite a while I think.
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It's a title, not a name. Like Lord, why the Mr is also retained I'm not sure.
I've just left (about a week ago) my school after 7 years. Last year a new business studies block was built with two Linux suites in it. They both have about 30 thin clients in each, which run off of one server. They are using Suse (9.1 IIRC) after Fedora Core 2 kept struggling. All of the teachers were complaining that they didn't know how to use Linux, but of course now they've found it's just fine, because with KDE they can use it just the same way as windows. By using thin clients the school has saved a lot of money on hardware as well as software. The Linux machines are also a lot more stable than the Windows network, and everything is much more up to date (the windows network is still 98 with IE 5.0!). If anyone is interested its the Deepings School near Peterborough in the UK.
The vauxhall team in the british touring cars hooked one of their cars up so you could sit in it and use the wheel, peddals, and shift paddels to control a touring car game that was on a very large plasma screen suspended just above the front window screen. Don't think it was force feedback, but they have had it quite a while I think.
not sure you are allowed to ask that in an interview. Its discriminating and could be illegal to not dismiss a candidate for not having children.