Building a Linux Computer Lab for Schools? 464
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?
Software to be included... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No Xwindows (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great, but... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Morphix-lightgui (Score:2, Funny)
As for the distro... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Software to be included... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great, but... (Score:2, Funny)
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.