[Glastonbury] debian@stdunstans (was Just a little idea)

[Cherry Mulliss]

Hi

I am in Glastonbury most Monday afternoons, so could probably help with 
an afterschool activity (Linux, not too sure about Blender <G>>) on 
Mondays, if thats any help?

Cherry

steve wrote:

> Ian Dickinson wrote:
>
>> Martin Wheeler <mwheeler at startext.co.uk> wrote:  
>>
>>>> Currently the Network is remotely managed by
>>>> fensystems.co.uk.
>>>> We pay about £1500 p.a. for this.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Any hope of getting the school to pay this to
>>> //you// for doing the same thing?  :)
>>>   
>>
>> I thought that the way to put bread on the table in a
>> world of free software was precisely to charge for
>> providing ancillary services like support?  £1500 pa
>> for managing an entire network seems very good value
>> to me. That's £10 per machine per year on a network
>> the size of St Dunstan's, which isn't very much time
>> at any sensible labour rate.
>>  
>>
> It is true that fensystems, namely Dan Lynch and Michael Brown 
> contribute to the  development of Mandrake. Also their are other 
> branches from this development originally started with Redhat and the 
> LTSP.
>
>> Perhaps, as you suggest, Steve could set up a small
>> experimental network of locally-mananged systems ...
>> as much to give the more advanced/adventurous students
>> something to muck about with as anything else.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>  
>>
> I was thinking of something like this. anyone on the group want to 
> volunteer to help with this as an after school extra-curricular project.
> I also want to start a B.U.G. "Blender User Group" for students one 
> lunchtime a week as we have at least six students who are using it 
> already outside of school and more who want to learn it. Currently I 
> am not able to incorporate it into the ICT scheme of work, but will be 
> able to soon methinks.
>
> Tks,
> Steve.
>
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