[K12OSN] k12ltsp intro/screenshots

[steve at hargadon.com]

John:

I'm going to be at the Noncommercial Computer Refurbishers Summit in
Chicago on September 17 and 18.  I'm setting up a K12LTSP 10-user network
for use by the participants for email checking and web surfing, and then I
have a 90-minute demo lab where I am installing LTSP.  Information on the
conference is at http://www.pcsforschools.org/ncrs/index.html.

I will be setting up the lab for the conference on the 16th, but would also
be willing to come to Chicago a day early (the 15th) and demonstrate
K12LTSP to anyone on the board at the homeless shelter--in return for a
night at a hotel somewhere close and a chance to brainstorm this idea!  I
was on the board of a local homeless shelter here, and have had the same
thought of helping install K12LTSP in homeless shelters, or
battered-women's shelters, etc.  Would love to be a part of that effort.

With regard to the issues of learning Linux, there is plenty of material on
the web related to this, but do check out
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7418.  Also, look at the
information on Brazil's telecenters in Sao Paulo, where they server some
400,000 of the city's poorest with a version of LTSP.

Steve Hargadon
www.PCs4Schools.com
916-652-8600, ext. 711

Original Message:
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From: John A. Smith jsmith at breakthroughministries.com
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:22:22 -0500
To: k12osn at redhat.com
Subject: [K12OSN] k12ltsp intro/screenshots


I am wanting to use K12LTSP in a smaller lab for use with homeless adults.
I need some help explaining to the social worker how K12LTSP works and what
it looks like. Can anyone point me toward a resource for an intro to
K12LTSP presentation that would include some screenshots? I want her to be
able to hear from outside sources that there are benefits to using K12LTSP.
I also want to alleviate her concerns that having the men learn to use
linux is pointless and less usable than learning windows basics.

TIA for any help!

-john smith

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Breakthrough Urban Ministries
5243 N. Ashland Ave.
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