On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Dwight wrote: > My wife is a teacher at Nanakuli High & Intermediate School. They > don't have any budget for hardware or software (all of it is budgeted > for the No Child Left Behind Act). At one point they were planning > for a computer lab, but for whatever reason, it fell through. As a > result, my wife got two power mac 5000 series machines for her class. > Their tech dude is so backed up I went over and networked her machines > for her. Both of these machines have about 16MB of RAM each, which > means they are dog slow. Having some Linux boxes in there might be > able to make the difference for her school and provide them with a > no-cost lab that all students can use. However, her school doesn't > have any budget for support either, so that would have to be provided > by volunteers...I'm not sure how Linux-savvy their tech dude is. > > If our reps downtown can work on something for schools on the Leeward > coast, that would be peachy.
When we first started at Liholiho, two months ago, I knew zilch about Linux. I still know very little, but we have a functioning LTSP lab (with HOSEF's help). Small world. I was the computer guy at Nanakuli Elem way back when. I know the tech guy at Nanakuli High and Inter. We're all in the same boat with zero budget. It's very difficult to run an IT shop with a zero budget.