[00:12] <PrivateVoid> hello - anyone home?
[00:13] <LaserJock> PrivateVoid: what's up?
[00:13] <PrivateVoid> just curious what the status of the project on this page is -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/education
[00:14] <LaserJock> PrivateVoid: have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/education
[00:15] <PrivateVoid> is that the same as the link I posted?
[00:15] <LaserJock> not the same, no
[00:16] <LaserJock> but I think that's perhaps what is being talked about on that page
[00:17] <PrivateVoid> yeah... to a certain extent...
[00:17] <PrivateVoid> I was hoping to see some specific blueprints for deploying Linux (Ubuntu) in a K-12 environment
[00:18] <PrivateVoid> how to replace Windows / OS X
[00:18] <PrivateVoid> how to replace AD / OD / NDS
[00:19] <LaserJock> that's sort of a hard thing to give blueprints for
[00:19] <LaserJock> as there are a lot of ways to do those things
[00:20] <PrivateVoid> hard or not... we need to develop a few rough blueprints IMHO
[00:20] <LaserJock> sure
[00:20] <PrivateVoid> there may be a few hundred ways to do it, but we need to lay that out so K-12 institutions can attempt to do it
[00:20] <LaserJock> right
[00:20] <PrivateVoid> i did not know if people were working on that or not...
[00:21] <LaserJock> off hand the best thing i can think of is asking the edubuntu-users mailing list
[00:21] <LaserJock> not currently that I know of unfortunately
[00:21] <PrivateVoid> I intend to travel down that road in the next 6-12 months and if people are not working on it I can take some extra time to document more completely my experiences and results
[00:22] <LaserJock> I'm sure that people would both love to see that and would probably love to help you along
[00:25] <PrivateVoid> awesome
[00:26] <PrivateVoid> I am a Sys Admin for a K-12 and budget constraints finally have the bean counters paying attention to my discussion of FOSS
[00:26] <LaserJock> PrivateVoid: I would ask on edubuntu-users first though
[00:26] <LaserJock> I know some people have been doing a fair amount of documentation
[00:26] <LaserJock> but I don't think I've seen a  complete "blueprint" as you're talking about
[00:29] <PrivateVoid> I will ask... thanks...
[00:29] <PrivateVoid> you are talking about the mailing list - right?
[00:29] <LaserJock> yes
[00:29] <LaserJock> that's a lot better than asking just me :-)
[00:32] <PrivateVoid> Yet, you have been very helpful and I am most appreciative
[00:33] <LaserJock> no problem
[00:33] <LaserJock> I very much appreciate you being interested
[00:33] <LaserJock> we are sorely lacking "manpower"
[00:33] <LaserJock> so any  help is very much welcome
[00:42] <Ahmuck> this is the same issue i've encountered
[00:43] <Ahmuck> to gain wide adoptions "it just has to work" (tm)
[00:48] <PrivateVoid> Ahmuck, it doesn't just have to work...
[00:49] <PrivateVoid> but it can not be vodoo science with no 'best practice'
[00:49] <PrivateVoid> there is a large chasm between the two
[15:13] <sbalneav> Morning all
[15:23] <Ahmuck> *streches* ... good morning
[17:42]  * PrivateVoid waves
[17:55] <HedgeMage> hi :)
[17:56]  * Ahmuck bugs nubae
[18:09] <PrivateVoid> hello Ahmuck and HedgeMage
[18:10] <PrivateVoid> HedgeMage, I have some potions you might be interested in :-)
[18:10] <HedgeMage> greetings, PrivateVoid
[18:10] <HedgeMage> lol
[18:10] <PrivateVoid> you still do any roleplaying?
[18:11] <HedgeMage> Not really -- this isn't a good location for getting a group together.  Most of my friends are a significant drive out of town.
[18:11] <PrivateVoid> I know the feeling...
[18:11] <HedgeMage> I may consider getting an ED game together after I move, but that depends on how much time I have, and what else I'd like to spend it on.
[18:11] <PrivateVoid> after roleplaying was such a large part of my life (for entertainment) I no longer play...
[18:12] <PrivateVoid> started in 1976 and played my final game five years ago... been thinking of doing a mud or some such
[18:13] <HedgeMage> I don't know that it was ever a huge part of my life...I played a bit in college, then got more into it after I started a family -- it was a good, cheap form of entertainment that I could enjoy at home with the munchkin around.
[18:13] <HedgeMage> Though, my nick actually isn't an RP reference... it's a reference to my being self-taught at many things.
[18:14] <PrivateVoid> like so many of us... I am self-taught as well.
[18:14] <HedgeMage> :)
[23:57] <nubae> Ahmuck: I'm here now