Hi all, I'm very keen on promoting the use of Linux (and other OS code) in schools in my area (West Yorkshire). I hope that the work that WYLUG and myself put in will be useful to the rest of the country/world. It seems that the largest problem that OS projects are likely to have is the underlying complexity of the code, this is (in most cases) beyond what the average school user/administrator wants to take on. Basically what I think is required is a system so simple that it will take next to no time to set-up and administer on a day to day basic. For example, take the idea of putting the School Canteen Menu up on the intranet. This could probably be achieved by a series of PHP pages (maybe with some form of database), this could be updated on a daily/weekly basis by the canteen staff and viewed by anyone on the intranet. The work on the 'project' can be broken down into 3 areas: 1). Coders/Designer - Complex, requires advanced PHP knowledge, probably not designed/coded in the school. 2). Installer/Administration - Simpler than Design, still requires some knowledge of, say, tar.gz's or rpm's 3). Operation - Simple, MUST be otherwise the system will never be used. I would imagine that the days menu would be entered via web interface after logging in as a 'Cook'. As you can see the required level of 'Guru' knowledge in the school doesn't actually need to that high, in fact parts 1). and 2). could easily be undertaken by external bodies providing the 'project' is well designed and stable. Surely it's up the project leaders to ensure that their projects meet these requirements. It may be that a keen member of staff might what to change/improve the system, maybe that could become a project for the pupils, but that is really falling back into category 1). and will require expert knowledge. Comments invited, Simon Wood