[hblug] recycling older PCs

[Michael Adams]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:32:45 +1300
Michael Adams wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:02:35 +1300
> chris morris wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > Around 50% that use their computers
> > > regularly (even for emails) will look at adopting Vista in the
> > > first year if it is reccomended by the powers that be in
> > > SeniorNet. 
> > Vista looks like its gonna be a bigger can of worms than XP was when
> > it was first launched.
> > 
> > http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/drm_in_tatters_first_hddvd_rip.html
> > 
> > http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html
> > > We could build the servers under Chris's direction. I feel it
> > > would give us credibility to have someone in the industry in
> > > charge of this aspect.
> > >   
> > Sorry Michael - I've had no experience ( yet ) setting up thin
> > client servers
> > Others in the Lug may have had..
> 
> I reckon that you'd be fine. We need a hardware spec to go from. It's
> just a quick box with two NIC's and no fancy graphics needed. Once
> you've got a hardware spec, any worries? The OS is just software after
> that.
> 

Looks like the k12 project server specs are a tad outta date.
http://k12linux.org/build.html

;)

-- 
Michael
 Those that can, do; those that can't, teach.