Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Mixed OS environments]

[Paul Nelson <pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us>]

One easy way to migrate is to put up a K12LTSP server and then provide 
boot floppies for students who want to work in a Linux environment. Take 
a Windows workstation and boot with the floppy to get a brand new Linux 
desktop. This works very well as it leaves the workstation untouched and 
it's easy to convince non-linux techs to try this out.

Any PC in our building can now run as a terminal. All we had to do was 
make a few boot floppy disks. One other thing we did was NFS mount /home 
on the terminal server so users would have access to the same files they 
had in older Windows workstations. The file server serves up /home via 
Samba for Windows boxes and Netatalk for Macs. All of our new 
workstations are thin-client K12LTSP boxes. Now, regardless of where you 
  sit down, you have access to your files.

;-) Paul

Doug Loss wrote:

> owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:
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>>From: "Mailing " <mailinglist@dzof.org>
>>To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
>>Subject: Mixed OS environments
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I was wondering if anybody in this list can give some advice as to how easy or difficult it is to support technology in mixed-environments in schools.
>>
>>In particular, is administrating a lab running both Linux and Microsoft Windows much harder than just running an all-linux lab or an all-MS Windows lab?
>>
>>The questions is being asked because there is some debate on whether schools that want to shift from windows to linux should do it gradually, or should just jump into the deep end.
>>
>>Options discussed include:
>>- Mixing workstation OSes
>>- Changing server OSes while keeping workstations static
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dzof
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