Re: [K12OSN] Presentation Help

Kirk Rheinlander (kirk@kpj2.com)
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:10:12 -0600


Part 1) Use the Macs as terminals running X (M/IX is a free Mac X server), 
and you can manage performance (to a great degree) by the horsepower of the 
server.....

Part 2) as far as equivalent programs, I am not the right one to ask - 
someone on the list, I am sure, has that answer.....

Kirk

At 11:00 AM 4/15/2002, David Hansen Jr. wrote:
>Ok, I'm the tech coordinator for a pretty small district (4 schools, 1700
>students).  Now, at our elementary school, there is a really old computer
>lab.  They are all older Mac's, from LCII's to solder PowerPC's.  Most of the
>software they use are things like Math Blaster, and things of that nature for
>basic fun learning of math, reading, etc.  I imagine that there is no way to
>run these on linux, but are there any good equivalent programs that would
>work on linux.  I'd like to present the principal with a reasonable solution
>to replace the Macs in the lab for linux terminals booting from a server.  I
>know that things like Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect, PhotoPaint, etc work
>great like this, but most of there are not intended for an elementary lab.
>Anyway, any suggestions?
>
>Thank you kindly,
>David Hansen Jr.
>dnhansen@lakeport.k12.ca.us
>Technology Coordinator
>Lakeport Unified School District
>707-262-5629
>707-263-7332 (fax)
>
>
>
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