Adrian, On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 11:22, adrian.wells wrote:
--- "adrian.wells" <adrian.wells@sidcot.org.uk> wrote:
Hi to all of those running RM out there, can I pick your brains please?
Hi Aidrian,
Have a look at:
http://www.openhgs.org/moin.cgi/LinuxProject http://www.ltsp.org http://www.ltsp.org/articles/ThinClient.pdf http://www.schoolforge.org.uk [-snip-] I'm not convinced that thin client is the way I want to go, and still not convinced that most of it's supposed virtues are revenant today. I know that the article says that it's a personal view, but some of the arguments were pretty thin (sorry no pun intended!). Maybe I should read it again. I suspect from this that you may not have actually put your hands on a Linux thin client system yet. If that's so, and if could find the time to visit a thin client lab, I feel sure you would find it a highly relevant solution, with strong arguments in favour of it.
I've not been to schoolforge for a long time and I have to say, playing devils advocate, the left hand column could have so many more entries and the right hand column could hardly be more sparse, even with the wine entries! Although the software listed is very strong, it's hardly an advert for shedding windows! :-( Thanks for your comments. Schoolforge-UK is a community project, and it's developing all the time. I don't know if you looked at the section headed "Philosophy", but I like Paul Nelson's quote:
"Some educators will cite the lack of traditional educational packages for Linux that teach reading or math with funny rabbits that wink at you and say "Good job!" I just don't think we need to go there. Teachers don't need cute teaching applications. They just need computers that work and provide basic access to the software we all use everyday". Best regards, John Ingleby ************ Webmaster - www.schoolforge.org.uk