Today 20 New Linux users at Mid-Pacific Institute

[al plant]

Warren Togami wrote:
> 
> Last night I pulled an all nighter preparing the final software
> configuration for the teachers who came in today to learn to use the Linux
> desktop.  Thanks goes to Ray Strode that was up until nearly 7am working on
> the server setup with me.  Roughly 20 teachers came, and they all had no
> problem using the web browsers and StarOffice applications.  The Japanese
> teachers were blown away by the Japanese input support, and the fact that
> they could easily make Japanese word documents and presentations.
> 
> In the last few hours before the group came in, I had to completely throw
> out KDE and switch to Gnome because KDE was far too unstable.  KDE is
> completely unusable for any real work in the latest Red Hat on both my home
> desktop and the terminal server setup.  I'm mainly a KDE user myself, so I'm
> a bit disappointed by this.  Thankfully Gnome was completely stable for the
> users today, so it would be fine to stick with Gnome until KDE is fixed on
> the Red Hat platform.
> 
> Next Step: 1,000+ new Linux users when the students begin to use the new
> computer lab during the semester.  This will be a challenge for me in
> creating a common LDAP authentication point to simplify the setup of this
> monster.
> 
> The Linux thin client computer lab is ready for outside groups to see it in
> action.  I hope to get this into more magazines and the local evening news
> within the next few months.  If you would like to see the Linux thin client
> lab in action please e-mail me and we'll setup some tour dates.
> 
> Warren Togami
> warren at togami.com
> 
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