July 2002 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ADSL
by Miles Berry 06 Jul '02

06 Jul '02

We're looking to upgrade our Internet connection from ISDN to ADSL. I'd be very grateful for any advice on Linux friendly providers, plus pointers to any pitfalls to watch out for etc. We do our own filtering through Squid (on SuSE 8) so don't _have_ to go with one of the dedicated education ISPs. I've also heard that we might need a new line installed as there have been problems reported in the ISDN to ADSL upgrade; does this sound plausible? Thanks in anticipation, Miles Berry Deputy Head St Ives School, Haslemere. www.st-ives.surrey.sch.uk

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A "Locked in" future?
by Alan Harris 06 Jul '02

06 Jul '02

Here's a disturbing bit of news :- TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html What do you think - MS to rule the world? Alan ----------------------------------------------------- Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School Tel : 01554 750661 Fax : 01554 758255 E-mail: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk ----------------------------------------------------- Notes: 1. The contents of this email may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown purposes! Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. 2. The opinions expressed in this email are personal and may not be shared by Bryngwyn School. -----------------------------------------------------

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Woops..
by Chris Puttick 03 Jul '02

03 Jul '02

Slight mistake - the it-help list is called tech-help, which means to subscribe email tech-help-request(a)lists.centralmanclc.com. I wouldn't mind the mistake,but it's my list (server). How embarrassing... Chris -----Original Message----- From: Chris Puttick To: 'suneil(a)futureprogress.com' Cc: 'suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' Sent: 7/3/02 10:31 AM Subject: RE: [school-discuss] Re: London School asking for help Hi Suneil I'm not in London, however I would like to help where I can. You should also find it useful to join these mailing lists: suse-linux-uk-schools - this is very Linux focused, although not purely SuSE Linux, and has a number of people on it that are experts in thin client technology (terminal server equivalence). To subscribe, send a blank email to suse-linux-uk-schools-subscribe(a)suse.com it-help - this is a new list for peer support for IT people in schools and related organisations in the UK. It does not have a specific Linux focus, but may be useful for more general ICT issues for yourself and any technical staff in your school. To subscribe, send an email with the subject <subscribe> to it-help-request(a)lists.centralmanclc.com Regards Chris Puttick IT Manager Central Manchester City Learning Centre +44 (0)161 212 1972/70 -----Original Message----- From: Doug Loss To: Suneil Basu; schoolforge-discuss(a)schoolforge.net Sent: 7/2/02 8:16 PM Subject: [school-discuss] Re: London School asking for help I'm sending this message on to the schoolforge-discuss mailing list. We have subscribers from all around the world, which of course includes the UK. I fully expect that you'll receive many suggestions on how to proceed. In the meantime, here are the websites of some Linux user groups (LUGs) in London: http://www.eastlondon.lug.org.uk/ http://www.lonix.org.uk/tnet-cgi/Lonix http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ http://www.sl.lug.org.uk/ LUGs are often great resources for getting assistance with installing and maintaining open source/free software. Suneil Basu <suneil(a)futureprogress.com> wrote: > Hi Schoolforge > I am the Head of an ICT Department in a Catholic School in London (St > Mark's Catholic School). > I would like to use more open source software. I would like to take > windows off all the client machines the students use (over 200 PCs) and > run OpenOffice, but can you advive how I could incorporate some windows > applications into the solution? Are the ways of making the machine > easily dual boot? We were thinking about terminal server technology > > Is there a GNU/Linux educational consultancy we could talk to? > > My name is Suneil Basu -- How valuable is my contribution? Share your feedback at Affero: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=drloss Doug Loss All I want is a warm bed Data Network Coordinator and a kind word and Bloomsburg University unlimited power. dloss(a)bloomu.edu Ashleigh Brilliant

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RE: [school-discuss] Re: London School asking for help
by Chris Puttick 03 Jul '02

03 Jul '02

Hi Suneil I'm not in London, however I would like to help where I can. You should also find it useful to join these mailing lists: suse-linux-uk-schools - this is very Linux focused, although not purely SuSE Linux, and has a number of people on it that are experts in thin client technology (terminal server equivalence). To subscribe, send a blank email to suse-linux-uk-schools-subscribe(a)suse.com it-help - this is a new list for peer support for IT people in schools and related organisations in the UK. It does not have a specific Linux focus, but may be useful for more general ICT issues for yourself and any technical staff in your school. To subscribe, send an email with the subject <subscribe> to it-help-request(a)lists.centralmanclc.com Regards Chris Puttick IT Manager Central Manchester City Learning Centre +44 (0)161 212 1972/70 -----Original Message----- From: Doug Loss To: Suneil Basu; schoolforge-discuss(a)schoolforge.net Sent: 7/2/02 8:16 PM Subject: [school-discuss] Re: London School asking for help I'm sending this message on to the schoolforge-discuss mailing list. We have subscribers from all around the world, which of course includes the UK. I fully expect that you'll receive many suggestions on how to proceed. In the meantime, here are the websites of some Linux user groups (LUGs) in London: http://www.eastlondon.lug.org.uk/ http://www.lonix.org.uk/tnet-cgi/Lonix http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ http://www.sl.lug.org.uk/ LUGs are often great resources for getting assistance with installing and maintaining open source/free software. Suneil Basu <suneil(a)futureprogress.com> wrote: > Hi Schoolforge > I am the Head of an ICT Department in a Catholic School in London (St > Mark's Catholic School). > I would like to use more open source software. I would like to take > windows off all the client machines the students use (over 200 PCs) and > run OpenOffice, but can you advive how I could incorporate some windows > applications into the solution? Are the ways of making the machine > easily dual boot? We were thinking about terminal server technology > > Is there a GNU/Linux educational consultancy we could talk to? > > My name is Suneil Basu -- How valuable is my contribution? Share your feedback at Affero: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=drloss Doug Loss All I want is a warm bed Data Network Coordinator and a kind word and Bloomsburg University unlimited power. dloss(a)bloomu.edu Ashleigh Brilliant

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FW: Multiple local XFree users under Linux
by Chris Puttick 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Anyone want to try this out? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Shigorin To: seul-edu(a)seul.org Sent: 7/2/02 11:34 AM Subject: [seul-edu] Re: Multiple local XFree users under Linux On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 11:23:08AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: > Shakey but working. 4 screens per LTSP PC, anyone? It is known that in Moscow State Technical University the solution employing 3 K/V/M seats per PC is implemented and widely used, caled "Gorynych" (local brand of 3-way dragon, you know ;-) Details (in Russian) are here: http://www.computerra.ru/offline/2001/411/12510/ http://www.ctc.msiu.ru/zg/ You could translate to English via Babelfish: http://babelfish.altavista.com/urltrurl?lp=ru_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ct c.msiu.ru%2Fzg%2F PS: I've joined LTSP.ru project, though will not be able to take significant part for some time awhile. But we (netstyle.com.ua) are interested in providing terminal solutions, so I really hope to cope with all that and share the joy (if any) :-) -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike(a)altlinux.ru> ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/

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diald
by Dave Williams 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Hi all Another query along the lines of - it all worked in 7.3 but it doesn't in 8.0 I'm using Suse 8.0 as an intranet server with squid and apache. wvdial works fine and I can connect and surf at will. However, when I use diald it dies as soon as it connects ie it dials out on demand but exits once its dialled. I've edited diald.conf to point at wvdial. I've looked at /var/log/messages but nothing seems to point at the fault. Any ideas? Dave Williams

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