I'd be glad to donate my time. I have hardware, but most is antique and only good for lab work type stuff. You're probably looking for the LAME manual (Linux Administration Made Easy). There is a howto also. If you have a Linux distro on CD you almost certainly have the howto also. It's just a matter of finding it, either on the CDs or on disk. ;') Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Marvin Bellamy [mailto:Marvin.Bellamy@innovision.com] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 3:24 PM > To: Kclug > Subject: Re: Linux in Schools > > > I'm glad to see this thread started. A charity task that I > had in mind > was to set up an all-Linux network (on a computer lab scale) in a > low-resource school in KC. I wanted to petition for donations of > hardware, etc. I think if you hit up enough companies in the > area for > goods, you could get quite a bit of hardware to get yourself set up. > We're a small company of ~20, and we've got tons of stuff laying > around. I just haven't learned enough about Linux admin to > get started. > I recall seeing a Linux administrator How-To at linux.org, > but I haven't > been able to find it since then. > > I just don't know how much of a time commitment it would be after I > could get it going. I know with my home network, my setup is > essentially hands-off, but who knows what to expect with twenty kids > hammering away on desktops. > > bcarterette@mail.liberty.k12.mo.us wrote: > > > It's true. I'm running a Linux web server (primarily for intranet > > stuff, also for district mailing lists and network storage > space for > > students) and a Linux database server (for inventory, staff > > development, curriculum, human resources, etc, etc). I'm > also looking > > to upgrade the primary web server, currently running MacOS > 8.6 :(, to > > Linux. > > > > Ben Carterette > > bcarterette@liberty.k12.mo.us > > > > On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 10:52 AM, Brian Densmore wrote: > > > >> I'd be interested in this too. I believe the Liberty > school district > >> has some Linux boxes installed. Not sure what they are used for. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Gene Dascher [mailto:gedascher@multiservice.com] > >>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:03 AM > >>> To: Kclug > >>> Subject: Linux in Schools > >>> > >>> > >>> Are any of you involved in Linux advocacy with any of the KC > >>> area school > >>> districts? I'd be interested to get some information about > >>> how to introduce > >>> the subject to a school district and help implement a > >>> solution, if possible. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Gene > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> majordomo@kclug.org > >>> > >> > >> > majordomo@kclug.org > >> > > > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org >