[svlug] Progress at the school with Linux

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi,


> My strategy for installing Win/Lin computers, verified over many years
> of practice, is:
>
> 1. Install Windows first, give it one partition (or more), leave the
> rest of the drive unpartitioned.


Thx for these tips!


> > teacher is happy as a clam, and is using Ubuntu as his primary OS.  I
> > told him that he should try to note use Windows very much, or he will
> > just get a virus again.  He understands.
>
> Maybe those two Windows apps that the teacher needs can run under WINE
> on Linux? A lot of them do, including some games, DVD rippers, etc.
> Simple and trivial apps usually work very well under WINE.


I looked for it, and no, those apps are not listed in the WINE database.


> It's best to expose such people to the most "mainstream" distributions
> possible. Not to less popular variations such as Xubuntu.


We set up this lab with Xubuntu because the guru who set it up felt that we
might be able to enhance performance by using a lightweight distro.  And so
far, XFCE has worked reasonably well for the lab.  For the most part, the
teachers just use the lab for teaching the kids to do on-line research and
typing skills.

c u
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