Comments on: Free D&T software for primaries http://www.educationblog.org.uk/wordpress/2005/12/18/free_dand_t_software_for_primaries_1/ Digital Technologies for Learning Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:42:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Francis http://www.educationblog.org.uk/wordpress/2005/12/18/free_dand_t_software_for_primaries_1/#comment-83 Francis Sat, 01 Oct 2005 08:51:15 +0000 #comment-83 At The Community College we are heavily comitted to thin client approach - we now only use 'fat clients' in specialised cases. I am hoping that by next summer we will have 400 + machines, of which only 25 ail be real PC's. As per Dale's comment we use LTSP to PXE boot the systems over the network. They then load Windows 2003 directly. The upside is we are running this with one technician. With Windows 2003 full colour, local drives e.g. usb stick and remote sound are all possible. Now for my usual begging - we are broke as usual - if you are scrapping / disposing of PCs can you let me know - anything from p200 upwards is OK. At The Community College we are heavily comitted to thin client approach - we now only use ‘fat clients’ in specialised cases. I am hoping that by next summer we will have 400 + machines, of which only 25 ail be real PC’s. As per Dale’s comment we use LTSP to PXE boot the systems over the network. They then load Windows 2003 directly. The upside is we are running this with one technician.

With Windows 2003 full colour, local drives e.g. usb stick and remote sound are all possible.

Now for my usual begging - we are broke as usual - if you are scrapping / disposing of PCs can you let me know - anything from p200 upwards is OK.

]]> By: Dale http://www.educationblog.org.uk/wordpress/2005/12/18/free_dand_t_software_for_primaries_1/#comment-82 Dale Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:53:28 +0000 #comment-82 Take a look at the <a href="http://www.k12ltsp.org/" rel="nofollow">LTSP</a> too. I looked at this years ago when I was in school and looking for a cheap way of networking, but it was very early days then and we decided on another solution. <a href="http://casestudy.seul.org/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a list of case studies of GNU/Linux case studies in schools. Take a look at the LTSP too. I looked at this years ago when I was in school and looking for a cheap way of networking, but it was very early days then and we decided on another solution.
Here’s a list of case studies of GNU/Linux case studies in schools.

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