Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 01:07:05 +0100 From: John Russell <jr@paranoia.demon.nl> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org, advocacy@netbsd.org, advocacy@openbsd.org Subject: Re: [Slashdot] BSD usage in education Message-ID: <200003040007.BAA51457@gazelle.bigmama.xx> In-Reply-To: <20000303221539.A92735@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 22:15:39 +0000 Nik Clayton wrote the following about
"[Slashdot] BSD usage in education "
> Hi guys
>
> [ hoping I don't have to be subscribed to advocacy@{netbsd,openbsd} to post ]
>
> Hopefully many of you will have seen the recent Slashdot story, "Tux on
> the Upper West Side" (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/03/03/033231)
> about the use of Linux in the Beacon School, New York.
Nope, but I just now went and scanned it.
> In the interests of BSD balance, we're looking for similar stories with a
> BSD element to them for a followup.
>
> Simply "My school uses $BSD, and it's great" isn't really going to cut it
> though. What I'm after is examples that will appeal to Slashdot's mainly
> technical audience. So something like "OpenBSD was installed at $FOO
> School, and now we have two committers from that class, they helped fix
> three security problems" would be a bit more like it.
I suppose my information won't cut it then but consider this an FYI.
I will be installing from the ground up an Ethernet with Internet access at a
elementary school in my town with some 400 students. Internet access is to be
limited to the two highest levels (about 60 students). Right now we are only
waiting for some of the hardware to be delivered before beginning. Based on
experience I guess I will start ( alone BTW :( ) sometime in May when the
equipment is ready and I can find the time to donate.
My original intention was to use Linux as the server because the ISDN card is
(and it appears always will be) unsupported by the i4b group. However I made
this decision six months ago and I have now decided to use BSD (FreeBSD to be
specific) as the server even if it means donating an ISDN card myself.
Of the 20 or so PCs to be used as workstations, about half of them will have
BSD installed as the OS (the rest will be Windows 95/98.
Since this is "good publicity" for BSD, I will keep notes of the progress and
keep the Advocacy lists updated. After the project is complete I will write a
summary of the setup, hurdles overcome, etc.
Regards,
John
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