Re: [seul-edu] material for schoolforge frontpage

[Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>]

Roger Dingledine wrote:

> > > * Download a CD of school-related software (students, sysadmins)
> > >     http://linuxforkids.com/ (students)
> > >     http://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/K12LTSP/ (sysadmins)
> > >     plus 'teachers' if we make a cd for them
> > >
> > There are a bunch here that you've missed, although I realize this isn't
> > intended to be a comprehensive list: kmLinux, Le Projet SLIS, etc.
>
> I want to limit these CDs to the ones that we actually recommend for
> real people. I don't know much about the ones you mention.
>

Don't make the mistake of being US-centric.  Le Projet SLIS
<http://slis.ac-grenoble.fr/> is a TCP/IP gateway for schools. It provides
advanced functions to students and teachers, such as a filtering proxy/cache,
email addresses, access control, Web replication, Web mirroring, an intranet
Web server with PHP and PostgreSQL, user management, DHCP, remote monitoring of
a global set of SLIS servers, live update, etc. All of this is provided by an
easy-to-use Web interface. All of the project is in French, but work is in
progress to make it international.

AbulEdu <http://www.abuledu.org/> is a suite of modules that help you easily
set up and administer a school-wide Linux server for a heterogenous network
with web-based administration, support for Internet connection sharing,
internal and external mail, X terminals, a collection educational programs,
library management software, a software development toolkit, and some crunchy
details like sharing a CD tower or authentication through ID cards. Also
French.

SAGU,<http://sagu.codigoaberto.org.br/> which is a portuguese acronym for
"Sistema Aberto de Gestão Unificada", was originaly designed to automate all of
what that happens between a student and their Educational Institution. This
relationship happens at the academic, financial and administrative levels, and
SAGU has subsystems dedicated to these levels. SAGU can be tailored to fit the
needs of any Educational Institution. From Brazil.

kmLinux <http://fsub.schule.de/linux/kmlinux.htm> is a Linux distribution
intended expressly for use in schools. It is developed by the
Landesbildungsserver Schleswig-Holstein (a govermental organization of the
Bundesstaat Schleswig-Holstein) in close cooperation with the Verein Freie
Software und Bildung (Union for Free Software and Education) and SuSE. From
Germany.

>
> Which ones should we list?
>
> > > * Volunteer to help! I'm a:
> > >   Student
> > >   Teacher
> > >   School Admin
> > >   Sysadmin
> >
> > This is already here, although not heavily used.  Our own Bill
> > Ries-Knight set up the Linux Educational Needs Posting Pages on
> > http://www.linuxhelpers.org quite some time ago.
>
> I left linuxhelpers out because it looks very unprofessional and
> haphazard. I think it's fundamentally a good site. Does somebody want to
> work with Bill to make a good interface and look'n'feel for linuxhelpers?
>

This is important, I think.  We need to encourage existing work rather than
trying to duplicate it yet again.  Those of you reading this who are looking
for a way to help the cause, contact Bill and offer to help!  He'll welcome the
help, I'm sure.

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