Comments on: Linux school lab ‘expelled’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9290 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:04:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9290/comment-page-1#comment-62666 Reader's Write Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:29:53 +0000 #comment-62666 I don't understand why it has to be a one or the other decision. It seems to me a computer lab with a linux server(s), a win2k/win2003 server(s), some windows, linux and mac workstations would prepare students for almost anything they would run into in the workforce. Getting them all to work together would provide a nice learning experience. I don’t understand why it has to be a one or the other decision. It seems to me a computer lab with a linux server(s), a win2k/win2003 server(s), some windows, linux and mac workstations would prepare students for almost anything they would run into in the workforce. Getting them all to work together would provide a nice learning experience.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9290/comment-page-1#comment-60905 Reader's Write Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:37:38 +0000 #comment-60905 "Terry Wister, head of Monarch Park school services for, removed all of the Linux computers from room 218 at Monarch Park Collegiate, while I was at lunch" How long was this guy's lunch break? “Terry Wister, head of Monarch Park school services for, removed all of the Linux computers from room 218 at Monarch Park Collegiate, while I was at lunch”

How long was this guy’s lunch break?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9290/comment-page-1#comment-60304 Reader's Write Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:11:31 +0000 #comment-60304 May as well have the neon "drink coke" black-boards flashing in the students face... Whats the diff.... May as well have the neon “drink coke” black-boards flashing in the students face… Whats the diff….

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9290/comment-page-1#comment-60156 Reader's Write Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:58:08 +0000 #comment-60156 Well, if the teacher is so vocal about his students using the linux enviroment, he could just go ahead and install some virtualization programs like vmware or virtual PC, and then run his linux distros on the machines like nothing happend. That would allow him to work within the confines of these machines. However, as virtualization has limits (troubles with clustering for instance) he could also opt for using a dual boot configuration, pleasing both students and school board. Never see limits, just see possibilities! As for our school, we're using a compromise in which we sometimes get permission to overwrite the windows OS when lessons dictate such, restoration is via norton ghost, and is rather simple. We also use virtualization technologies to a great extent, but in some instances, like with clustering, we were forced to forgo the virtualization issue and reinstall another version of windows. Well, if the teacher is so vocal about his students using the linux enviroment, he could just go ahead and install some virtualization programs like vmware or virtual PC, and then run his linux distros on the machines like nothing happend. That would allow him to work within the confines of these machines. However, as virtualization has limits (troubles with clustering for instance) he could also opt for using a dual boot configuration, pleasing both students and school board.

Never see limits, just see possibilities!

As for our school, we’re using a compromise in which we sometimes get permission to overwrite the windows OS when lessons dictate such, restoration is via norton ghost, and is rather simple.
We also use virtualization technologies to a great extent, but in some instances, like with clustering, we were forced to forgo the virtualization issue and reinstall another version of windows.

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