[GRLUG] GRCC and Linux [was "Linux @ school."]

Ben Rousch brousch at orthicomp.com
Wed Sep 27 15:08:06 EDT 2006


Out of curiousity, which live CD are you using for the firefox browser kiosks?

On Wednesday 27 September 2006 14:50, Szymon Machajewski wrote:
> Thank you for the question.
>
> We run Fedora on about 40 workstation at the ATC building (via VMware
> Player), and we also have a few kiosks in the main building which either
> already have Linux on them or soon will have.  These are Firefox browser
> kiosks (live CD).
>
> In the Data Center we have many RedHat systems in production and soon
> will be adding a few SUSE.  The engineers have Linux for workstations in
> addition to Windows or run Windows in VMware.
>
> It is difficult to deploy Linux on the workstations but this fight is
> just getting started ...
>
>
> Szymon Machajewski
>
> Solutions Engineer / DBA
> Red Hat Certified Engineer
> Oracle Certified Associate
> Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
> www.grcc.edu/smachaje
>
> >>> Benjamin Eavey <ben at eavey.com> 9/27/2006 2:24:13 pm >>>
> >
> > Schools are a great opportunity for Linux, and maybe we could show
>
> some
>
> > initiative and provide presentations for local schools on using
>
> Linux.
>
> > If we as a LUG show interest in schools they may be more willing to
>
> try
>
> > out Linux on the workstation.
>
> Speaking of which, Szymon, how many Linux computers are available for
> the students at GRCC to use?  Just curious.
>
> -Ben
>
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