[K12OSN] Any LTSP/Linux ideas?

[Joseph Bishay]

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well today.

So every few years the issue of "shouldn't we be running a Windows
network?" pops up.  It very recently came up again and I'm looking for
help on how to tackle it.  This is the first time it nearly was
mandated and I'd like to be ready with a response.

This is a school environment with about 60 desktop computers.  The
question is coming from the administration -- they have been using
Windows since the 3.11 days and so I believe it's just a matter of
inertia.  I am also a volunteer and I'm not really sure if I'd like to
continue as a volunteer if they do switch over -- the administration
of it would be too much effort I fear.

I'm looking for any stories, presentations, charts/data/graphs, white
papers, case studies, etc. -- Anything you'd use to convince the
administration that LTSP is a better choice than Windows / Apple for
us.

This is a crucial issue so I apologize for cross-posting to the
different LTSP-based mailing lists.

Thanks very much,
Joseph