From: rfulk@cwis.unomaha.edu (Bob Fulkerson) Subject: Academic Linux Opinions? Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 16:21:52 GMT
Greetings, fellow peoples!
I have convinced the Computer Science Department at my undergrad (now
graduate!) school to get their own Unix machine up and running in order to
support classwork and general computer literacy and Internet knowledge amongst
the students.
Hopefully the machine will be serving about 10 different classes and numerous
faculty and students (I'd say no more than 100 or 200, at least for now).
The machine should arrive sometime during July (university funding procedures
to jump through), and it will inevitably be running Linux.
I've perused the FAQs and the like, and I'm not too terribly worried about
actually getting it up and running. What the FAQs _don't_ cover is overall
satisfaction with the package itself.
I would interested to hear from some other people/sites who are using a Linux
system in a "real-world", Internet-connected, preferrably (but not
necessarily) University environment.
Are you pleased with Linux? Are there any hurdles or obstacles that you
would warn against? Would you reccommend Linux for this type of environment?
Would you not? I'm assuming you would suggest the SLS package, but perhaps
not ... ?
Thanks for the dialogue in advance.
A very-happy-he-got-his-alma-mater's-department-to-move-into-the-current-
Century-guy,
-- Bob Fulkerson
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