linux in the classroom

[pirrone at localnet.com]

Eric,

You have that link to equivalent programs, and if it's the one I'm
familiar with it's an exhaustive and impressive list of applications,
which I second as the way to go.  Take a look at the Linux Terminal Server
Project too, for an even greater departure from the norm.
I gave presentations to the Erie1 and Orleans-Niagara BOCES on F/OSS and
got a good response.  I'm afraid the outcome will be people running The
Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Audacity, OpenOffice, etc. on
Windows, but that's a foot in the door.
My personal approach is to commit to Gnu/Linux and its applications, and
at this stage actually feel handicapped whenever I work in Windows.  Your
students would likely experience the same.
Emulation is nearly as ugly as virtual sex...

Frank

> A small high school.
> I would like to test/setup a small lab of student computers with linux
> and an "emulator" to run win32 software that the school purchased.  I
> am  having difficulty trying to find a free emulator if it even exists
> (Wine  is limiting).  I also have not used an emulator before and am
> not sure  how well it would perform (hopefully better than windows) and
> would be  unsure of it's scalability with the software we have and will
> purchase.   For instance we have a II tier server application for
> reading that uses  IPX.  I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I also
> don't no any problems  that could occur running win32 applications that
> are meant for
> connectivity accross a network.  "I" lack in this area, and I just want
>  to know enough that will satisfy me to start working on such a
> project.   Would an emulator run ALL my win32 software?  Would an
> emulator need a  beefy computer to run on?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> pirrone wrote:
>
>> Eric R. Benoit wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I popped the question to a possible inexpensive stable
>>> solution.  Not sure how it was taken though.
>>>
>>>
>> Eric,
>>
>> Where's that, and what functionality?
>>
>> Frank