[01:58] <highvoltage> #edubuntu is one of those channels where something is always happening *just* when I'm not looking
[14:15] <mgariepy> good morning everyone
[18:41] <Roasted> Hey guys. Has anybody mass deployed Ubuntu in a school district?
[18:57] <pleia2> Roasted: there are a number of projects floating around that are working in public schools (I'm involved with one of them)
[18:57] <Roasted> I guess I was just looking to get into conversation with somebody who had time available, as I'm interested in hearing what avenues other districts have taken for completing certain tasks.
[18:57] <pleia2> Roasted: what country?
[18:57] <Roasted> Like what they use for their file server. linux? samba? nfs? email - zimbra? google email? etc
[18:57] <Roasted> USA
[18:58] <stgraber> Roasted: Revolution Linux did
[18:58] <Roasted> I heard a bit about them
[18:59] <pleia2> much of the infrastructure we use is documented here: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Aa7wSBzNDXVYZGZ6Y3hjanJfMmNoYzVjcWNn&hl=en
[18:59] <pleia2> we don't handle email for them though, just their computer lab
[19:00] <Roasted> nice, nice
[19:00] <Roasted> thank you for this
[19:00] <pleia2> welcome :)
[19:02] <pleia2> http://partimus.org/cacs.php has some details about one of our most successful labs
[19:02] <pleia2> (mostly pictures though :))
[19:03] <Roasted> I'm just trying to get a feel for what other areas are doing.
[19:03]  * pleia2 nods
[19:03] <Roasted> XP is dying soon and W7 is too expensive.
[19:03] <Roasted> Couple that with a pathetic economy and budget cuts and you have no option.
[19:03] <pleia2> yeah
[19:03] <Roasted> I've used Ubuntu for years. I love it. I swear by it. But a platform change is a massive undertaking, and to be quite honest, scary.
[19:04] <pleia2> much of our work has been with Charter schools, I'm not involved with the district, it's really hard to get into proper public schools
[19:04] <Roasted> But it's comforting to hear other places have taken the plunge. I was just finding myself a little lonely in the department of kicking the can with other Ubuntu-using districts to hear what's up and what they're seeing.