linuxgirlie wrote:
ok, here goes:
In the UK the majority of schools run a system called RM Community
Connect 3 or CC3 (www.rm.com <http://www.rm.com>), CC3 is a piece of
software that runs on top of a fully installed Microsoft Windows
server, which at the moment I think they are pushing Server 03. CC3
allows school administrators to do things such as add users, create
windows profiles, change passwords, and the majority of everyday
network managing things that schools need. Now if you where a Windows
sys-admin you could do all that without another layer but in schools
technicians are paid a lot less than there business counterparts and
quite often are the teacher also, so they need this layer to be able
to run a working network.
Before we started Karoshi we would put Linux in schools and as soon as
we left they would change back to windows, we decided that what Linux
needed was an 'RM CC3' so that teachers in school wouldn't have to
worry about consoles, tar files and Linux configuration.
So we started the project with that idea in mind, we made it as easy
as possible, for example using KDE over Gnome (as it's similar to
XP-ish style), we have taken away all need of knowledge of Linux, for
example on the web server we install the school Moodle, (we call it
the online classroom to make things easier) so first when you put the
karoshi cd in it configures your web server for you installing all
necessary packages to run a web page. (This is the same for all
servers the PDC for example will install all the needed software for
it to become a PDC) Once the server is 'setup' it will ask you if you
want to install for example the online classroom. If you say yes, it
will copy the files to the correct place, populate the database and
most obviously make sure you have the correct software installed and
if not install it. Once this is done you get some nice icons on the
desktop so that you can 'manage' the server, icons can be anything
from a link to the admin page of Moodle, to a link that activates your
wake on LAN in a specified computer room.
Once we had all the features that RM CC3 provide we decided to move on
and really go full force with Open Source, so started to provide
features such as a help desk (using help centre live), web-based email
(using squirrelmail) and more, all was available to schools just by a
single click of a button, basically we have had a full server setup
installed by trainee teachers up and running within a day...including
the installation of Linux, something none of them had done before.
So maybe a simple way of putting it is this, Karoshi is a set of
scripts with nice GUI front end that allows non-experienced
administrators to install, configure and run a Linux network without
getting in to deep.
Let me know if you have anymore questions, I may of wandered off
during that and I have a funny feeling that I still may not of
explained it enough!
Thanks,
Jo
Well its much more clear now. Couldn't get this from the website. :)
Now the obvious question: Does it work on Edubuntu?
I guess some features would fit Edubuntu.
Regards,
Herman
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