Linux in the TDSB

[Peter L. Peres]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Anton Markov wrote:

> They mostly don't want people changing the look of the desktop when
> using a shared login (ex. at the library). Otherwise the standard
> permissions should work well. Obviously no browsing other people's
> files, etc.

One word: knoppix

> You may need access control lists or something similar, as the
> user/group system could get very complex.

Maybe.

> Also, they teach some VB to introduce event-driven GUI programming,
> which may be a little hard to beat (the people who take those classes
> are the last people you expect to touch a computer; they know NOTHING).
> Disecting the Linux Kernel is way above the curriculum.

tcl offers simpler callback etc handling than vb imho. Programs are more 
terse.

> A final very important point is ease of deployment. The system must be
> capable of installing itself, fully configured (minus DNS/computer name)
> unattended. From what I hear, only Slackware can do it, but I think an
> RPM or DEB based system can be installed using some custom scripts.
> Perhaps a system where the school can configure one computer, and then
> take a "snapshot" of its configuration to copy to other computers.

knoppix/debian ?

Peter
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