Hi Derek, The exact details are still vague, there was a security conference this week that a couple of my workmates attended and during it there was a lot of Microsoft bashing. It was also raised how Microsoft are milking schools. I am certain that if/when they start it will be the whole thing, but as I have not done it before it will have to be incremental. One thing at a time so I can make sure I have got it right. I see this as a challenge and a great experience. A chance to do something that when I have finished I can be proud of, and have the people I do it for pleased with the end result. My initial thoughts have been start on the servers first, file and print, mail, firewall, web,samba if needed, and then once that is in place and working start on the clients. I am hoping that once I have done some of the work the school staff will be able to assist. Cheers Shane Broomhall Brisbane Australia. On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 18:48, Derek Fountain wrote: > I have had an interesting Proposal put to me to consider. I have been > approached to think about putting Linux in a school to replace their > existing Windows based systems. The exact nature of just how much > replacing will be done I don't know just yet, but I am seeing this as > being a great opportunity to take on an exciting and interesting > project. You miss out one important piece of information: do you mean computers which the school staff use for admin purposes, or computers which the pupils use? Or both? I have no experience, so I defer you to others; the only tip I can offer is a common sense one: start off with one or two computers, then progress from there. I doubt you needed telling that... :) -- 9:45am up 10 days, 1:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com