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countAnybody around?12:39
pygisure12:40
counthi!12:41
pygihey :)12:41
countI work for a school district in Virginia, US, and we're looking at possibly donating a large # (thousands) of older desktop PC's to our more needy students12:42
countwe're an inner-city/urban district, with about 80% of our kids getting free lunch12:42
countCurrently the PC's all have Win95 or Win98 on them12:42
countI'm pushing to distribute edubuntu12:42
countalmost none of them can handle XP, and 95/98 are old and unsupported anymore12:43
Burgworkwell, you are going to want to go with Xubuntu12:43
pygiindeed12:43
BurgworkI would create a custom kickstart script that installed Xubuntu plus the educational apps12:43
countThat's exactly what I was going to ask ;)12:43
countKickstart is the preferred method of mass deploying ubuntu?12:44
Burgworkit is the sanest, yes12:44
countvirtually all of these boxes have NICs, so that's not a problem12:44
Burgworkthe Ubuntu kickstart is not exactly like the RH one12:44
countI assume there's wiki docs on ubuntu kickstart?12:44
Burgworkyes, somewhere12:44
counthaha12:44
counta couple of concerns that were voiced were printer support and dialup internet support12:46
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Burgworkprinters are not a major issue12:46
count(although I'm trying to get the local cable co to donate reduced cost low-speed cable modems)12:46
countok12:46
countI've got tons of linux server experience12:46
countbut almost zilch on desktops12:46
Burgworkdialup is a beast12:46
Burgworkthere are a few tools that Ubuntu doesn't ship by default to handle them12:46
Burgworkwinmodems are a headache12:47
counthrm12:47
countIs there a compat. list of non-headache inducing stuff?12:47
countwe can just distribute that and say 'buy one of these if you want one'12:47
Burgworknot really12:47
countthere are no modems currently in any of the machines12:47
counthaha12:47
countany external modem should work without issue right?12:48
BurgworkI would try and get some cable modem stuff12:48
countor is that no longer true12:48
countYeah, I'm defnitely pushing that hard12:48
Burgworkie: avoid dialup12:48
counthow about DSL/PPPoE support?12:48
countis that part of netmanager?12:48
Burgworkpppoe can do that12:48
Burgworknot yet part of Network Manager12:49
Burgworkhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility12:49
BurgworkI would have the systems auto update themselves12:50
countdid much change with the edgy release?12:50
Burgworkno idea, sorry12:50
BurgworkI looked for newer manuals12:50
countI'll assume not :)12:50
countif so, I can update those docs as I figure out12:50
countYeah, auto update is a definite12:51
Burgworkasking our lead dev right now12:51
BurgworkI would also get the kids involved12:51
Burgworkcheap labour12:51
Burgworkplus the amazing learning experience12:51
countI'm not certain how feasible that would be at this scale12:51
countalthough that's a good idea12:51
Burgworkwith thousands, you are going to drown otherwise12:51
countwe mgith do some 'family computer install nights' or something12:51
Burgworkwhere are the computers coming from12:52
Burgwork?12:52
countthe schools12:52
countwe're upgrading12:52
countbut the hardware still WORKS, it's just doesnt' meet our state requirements for 'viable' PCs12:52
Burgworkah12:52
counthas to have X ram, X cpu to run the state standardized testing applications12:52
countbasically, XP capable PC's12:52
countof which, these arent :)12:52
Burgworkindeed12:52
countmost only have 128MB of ram12:52
countalthough we might combine some so we can ship out 256MB of ram on some systems12:53
countI'm still loking at the logistics/numbers12:53
Burgworkyou are going to have a bunch of dead hardware12:53
countyeah12:53
countwell, we have that anyways12:53
Burgworkso you can cannabilize as needed12:53
countThat's what Iw as thinking12:53
Burgworkmachines need to be cleaned, tested and have their harddrives wiped12:54
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Burgworkthat is all stuff kids can do12:54
Burgworkby kids, I mean teenagers12:54
countTeenagers, or parents12:54
Burgworkboth, actually12:54
countI bet I could get a decent draw for both, as a community outreach type thing12:55
Burgworkyour going to need space, lots of it12:55
countI have 5 highschools :)12:55
countcafeterias seat hundreds at a time12:55
countthe only problem is power and network cabling12:55
countheh12:55
Burgworkyes12:55
countbut again, I can make that happen12:55
Burgworka project of this size is likely to take some time12:55
countespecially if we simply do a series of family nights12:55
Burgworkmaybe months12:55
countdo 50 or so a weekend for a few months12:56
Burgworkif you have a permanent space, you can do things at night, plus don't have to waste time setting up and tearing down12:56
Burgworkyou will need to rent an air compressor12:56
Burgworkor find one12:56
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counthahaha12:56
Burgworkhave you talked to your local LUG or computer users group about space and volunteers?12:58
countnot yet12:58
Burgworkthey are good resources12:58
countI still have some more footwork to do within the district12:58
countYeah, I know12:58
Burgworkalso get the highschool CS teachers on board12:58
countthat's who I was originally planning on using for installs12:58
countbut the more I think about it12:58
countthe more I like the family outreach thing12:58
countfor a bunch of reasons12:58
Burgworkthey have the skills to handle students/kids and have the interest12:58
countDone this before? 12:59
Burgworkplanned bits and pieces, dealt with kids12:59
Burgworknothing as large a scale as you propose12:59
countah12:59
countok01:01
countI've got a bit to work with now01:01
countthanks for the ideas :)01:01
counttime for dinner!01:02
Burgworkkeep in touch01:02
countwill do!01:02
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Burgworkhey Amaranth_01:03
Burgworkenjoy MTV?01:03
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flowrobothi - is the edubuntu install cd (not the live one) the same as the ubuntu alternate cd? i need an install disc that doesn't use much RAM, like the ubuntu alternate cd ...04:33
bimberiflowrobot: yes, it has a text mode installer like the ubuntu alternate04:34
flowrobotbimberi: thanks!04:34
bimberiflowrobot: yw :)04:34
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LaserJockmorning RichEd and jbrefort 07:14
jbreforthi LaserJock 07:14
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jmghi10:16
pygihey jack_wyt 10:17
pygijmg even :P10:17
jmghas anyone experience installing an edubuntu-server via debootstrap? 10:17
jmghi pygi10:17
jack_wythi pygi10:17
jmgi am trying to install an edubuntu-server as a xen-domain therefore I cannot use the installer from the cd10:18
jmgdo you guys have any idea what the installer is doing despite installing the packages?10:19
pygijmg, haven't installed edu on xen, never10:19
pygijmg, grub, setting up ltsp, bla bla/10:19
pygi?10:19
jmgxen itself is not the problem,10:19
jmgsetting up ltsp? 10:19
jmgwhat is there to do?10:19
pygiwell, build client chroot, ta ta da etc?10:20
jmghow can i trigger the build of the chroot by hand10:21
jmg?10:21
jmgpygi, thanks for your help so far10:22
pygijmg, sudo ltsp-build-client?10:23
pygithen you need to reload the ssh keys for ltsp10:23
jmgperhaps, i was unsure what the differences between standard ltsp and edubuntu are10:24
jmgi will try that10:24
pygioki ^_^10:25
jmgthanks a lot10:25
pygiyou are welcome :)10:25
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cbx33grrr...12:58
cbx33anyone know about jabber?12:58
Kamping_Kaisermines working :) (or was before)12:59
cbx33Kamping_Kaiser: is that jabber?12:59
Kamping_Kaisercbx33, yes. but i can test now (its off atm)01:00
cbx33I have a problem with the crypt libs I think01:00
cbx33exec: 1: crypto_drv: not found01:00
cbx33anyone heard of it01:00
cbx33one ubuntu box is fine, the other doesn't work :(01:01
Kamping_Kaiser:( i'mi not connected via cryp to any networks, so i cant help on taht01:01
cbx33ok01:01
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bddebianHeya03:45
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sbalneavMorning all04:07
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stgraberhi06:24
cbx33hey stgraber 06:24
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cbx33coool06:31
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LaserJockRichEd | sbalneav: ping06:42
pygihello everyone06:43
stgraberhi06:43
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sbalneavLaserJock: Pong07:03
LaserJocksbalneav: I need to you check over my spec in just one sec07:03
sbalneavSure.07:03
LaserJocksbalneav: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdubuntuDynamicMenus07:04
sbalneavGot it.  I'm just doing a database dump at the moment, gimme about 15 minutes.07:04
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pygihey ogra and HedgeMage  ^_^09:01
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sbalneavLaserJock: Looks cool09:09
pygisbalneav, I know I'm gonna bother again, but do you by any chance have access to Rainbow books? :P09:10
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sbalneavRainbow books?09:10
sbalneavIs it a book chain?09:10
pygisbalneav, collection of books with standards related to optical medias09:10
sbalneavNo, I don't.  Can these things be ordered at Amazon?09:11
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pygisbalneav, sadly not, and they cost quite a lot09:11
pygiThose books are way too important for me :'(09:11
sbalneavGot a link to where they CAN be purchased?09:12
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sbalneavYou know, maybe you can apply to LinuxFund.org for funding to buy a copy of the books.09:12
pygisbalneav, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Books09:13
pygiI doubt anybody would fund me09:13
pygithose books would help with development so much09:16
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sbalneavWhy wouldn't someone fund you?  Heck, maybe canonical would do it.09:18
LaserJocksbalneav: I'm going to mark it for review09:19
sbalneavHow much we talking here?  $2000?09:19
sbalneavLaserJock: Mark away, big daddy-o09:19
pygisbalneav, we're talking one book 5k$ if I'm not mistaken09:19
pygisbalneav, but I have to look into it09:19
sbalneavpygi: Why don't you actually get some prices, and when you do, talk to me.  You're doing something important to the community, so perhaps the community should pony up a little cash to help you out.  Like I say, if it's not too expensive, Canonical may be willing to do it.09:22
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pygisbalneav, sorry, network problems09:30
sbalneavpygi: Why don't you actually get some prices, and when you do, talk to me.  You're doing something important to the community, so perhaps the community should pony up a little cash to help you out.  Like I say, if it's not too expensive, Canonical may be willing to do it.09:30
LaserJock5k for 1 book? and I thought chemistry textbooks were expensive ;-)09:32
pygisbalneav, but it is expensive. that's the whole point :P09:32
pygisbalneav, problem I see with that is that nobody is willing/able to contribute to libburn, and nobody seems to be interested in sponsoring anything, but oh well :P09:33
sbalneavpygi: Yeah, but if you don't ASK, then you'll never know.09:33
sbalneavI'd say if you need all 15 books, chances are slim.  If you need 1 book at $5k, then your chances get a lot better.09:34
pygisbalneav, true ... for example both Joerg and Andy have access to prototype drives, spec drafts of new tech (that's how andy implemented blu ray already),etc, etc09:34
pygiI have none :P09:34
sbalneavAnother possibility is contacting one of the drive manufacturers, and see if THEY'll sponser you with some prototypes, docs, etc.09:35
sbalneavI'm sure that's what Joerg did.09:35
pygiI thought of that already ... I don't think that can happen :P I'm no one important ^_^09:35
pygisbalneav, joerg just works for fraunhoffer :P09:35
sbalneavSo, what, Joerg is?09:35
pygithat gives him instant power :P09:35
sbalneavPshaw09:36
sbalneavI'm some administrator from Legal Aid Manitoba, and a guy who's been to freakin' SPACE flies ME all over the world to help HIM with his linux distro,09:36
sbalneavYou're as important as you choose to make yourself.09:36
sbalneavHeck, I met KEN THOMPSON!!!09:37
sbalneavIf I can do it, ANYONE can.09:37
sbalneavYou can get a helluva lot of stuff in life by just askin' nice. :)09:38
pygiperhaps, but the drive vendors aren't willing to share much :P09:38
sbalneavBut you haven't ASKED yet, so how do you know?09:38
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sbalneavWhat's a drive to a drive vendor? 20 bucks their cost?09:39
pygisbalneav, dunno, but specs and prototypes are more important :P09:39
pygisbalneav, I can try to ask vendors, but I don't even know who to ask or whatever09:43
pygiwe'll see how the situation evolves09:43
sbalneavWell, get a list of exactly what you need first.09:44
Burgworkpygi: it isn't hard, just call up the customer support, explain what you want and bounce your way up the chain09:44
sbalneavThen, we'll start asking around.09:44
BurgworkI might be able to get you something as well09:45
pygiBurgwork, I can try, true09:46
pygisbalneav, right, I'll have to write notes of what I need09:47
pygionce I get to write it down, we talk about which vendor to contact09:50
pygiLaserJock, how much are chem text-books? :P09:50
LaserJock$100-$150 generally09:50
pygithat's cheap if we compare to this books :P09:50
LaserJockmhm09:50
pygibut right, not cheap :P09:51
pygiI should get back to implementation, rather then talking :P09:56
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Spechey ... I'm having some problems with my edgy-edubuntu server10:10
SpecI think it's nfs related...it boots, does dhcp/tftpboot, then it fails mounting /root10:11
Specand drops me in a root shell, if I type: mount 192.168.42.254(server):/opt/ltsp/i386 /root10:11
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SpecI get: mount: RPC: Timed out\nmount: nfsmount failed: Bad file descriptor\nmount: Mounting 192.168.42.254:/opt/ltsp/i386 on /root failed: Invalid argument10:11
Specand I get the same error on boot10:12
Specanyone familiar with this issue?10:13
Spec!seen ogre10:21
ubotuI haven't seen ogre recently10:21
LaserJockogre?10:22
Specisn't ogre the main dev?10:22
Specbah, ogra10:22
Specspelling defeats me10:22
RichEdhi LaserJock sbalneav pygi mhz 10:37
pygihey RichEd 10:37
stgraberhi10:38
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=== cafuego is fairly sure you don't want to mount it on /root anyway
RichEdhi stgraber :)11:01
mhzhi RichEd, long time it has been11:03
RichEdyep ... busy at conference now ... another one last week ... and another one next week 11:05
pygiRichEd, and one more later on =)11:06
pygibut brb ^_^11:06
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