The concept of the desktop is all you need. Put icons on the desktop, people click them. That is all you need for an elementary school. Firefox is similar to internet explorer, openoffice is similar to Microsoft office, and what else does a school need besides that? Even the KDE desktop looks similar to the Windows desktop. The idea is a great one, you save tons of money, and you will get MUCH better performance out of the older computers.
I have found a lot of people on these forums don't know what they are talking about. Some of the reasons to upgrade and stay with Windows are well thought out arguments, and some of them are worthless and waste anyones time. For me, I'd say either a move to Ubuntu or Gentoo would be perfect. I would suggest Linspire, though it probably wouldn't work as well on the older computers (and the object of this was to save money -- I wonder if Linspire would make a donation to the school?)
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The concept of the desktop is all you need. Put icons on the desktop, people click them. That is all you need for an elementary school. Firefox is similar to internet explorer, openoffice is similar to Microsoft office, and what else does a school need besides that? Even the KDE desktop looks similar to the Windows desktop. The idea is a great one, you save tons of money, and you will get MUCH better performance out of the older computers. I have found a lot of people on these forums don't know what they are talking about. Some of the reasons to upgrade and stay with Windows are well thought out arguments, and some of them are worthless and waste anyones time. For me, I'd say either a move to Ubuntu or Gentoo would be perfect. I would suggest Linspire, though it probably wouldn't work as well on the older computers (and the object of this was to save money -- I wonder if Linspire would make a donation to the school?)