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Thread ID: 21434	2002-06-26 01:35:00	School operating systems	sdempsey (653)	Press F1

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57369	2002-06-29 10:34:00	> And if it's not broken, why fix > it? Wrong! If its not broken, keep fixing it until it is!	godfather (25)
57370	2002-06-29 11:39:00	Have you considered installing Linux as your server OS? I am about to install a server in a school with 2 classrooms and 7 PCs (including admin). The server will be a file server and a gateway to the internet. Cost for the software = $0.00. Will also be standardising on OpenOffice.	JohnD (509)
57371	2002-06-29 12:33:00	> Have you considered installing Linux as your server > OS? I am about to install a server in a school with 2 > classrooms and 7 PCs (including admin). The server > will be a file server and a gateway to the internet. > Cost for the software = $0.00. Will also be > standardising on OpenOffice. I'm glad to see some schools rolling out the open source software. The college I'm at uses Linux on the servers and Windows 2000/Office 2000 on the workstattions.	-=JM=- (16)
57372	2002-06-29 13:57:00	From my understanding the goverment made a big deal about suppling schools with free software but Win 2000 and XP were not part of the deal. The deal was also only for 3 yrs I think with limited software and a lease arrangement and no one could confirm who paid after the 3 yr period.	Berryb (654)
57373	2002-06-30 10:51:00	I would highly recommend Gnu/Linux or OpenBSD for a server platform. Since the servers are supposed to run without any problems, an OSS solution in my opinion would be best. Your most important tool you'll need is Samba. It lets win clients use file sharing set up on a *nix machine as if it was a win machine. It can handle PDC and all that stuff too. You will need to put in some effort at the start to get everything working but it will pay off bigtime. Plus, you will learn a whole new operating system.	segfault (655)
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