Applications for the School Sector

We have recognized the school sector as the most fit for Open Source solutions since they usually have an ecosystem of their own.

Ubuntu:

We can offer Thin Client solutions to schools in our Kvarken region. The Thin Client solution is based on Ubuntu and can also be installed as Fat Clients. You can find instructions for installing Ubuntu thin clients in English to the right. We have reused 80 old PC:s from Vaasa University of Applied Sciences and given them for free to primary schools in Vörå-Maxo with Edubuntu installed on them. We also have reused two old PCs and use them as an Open Source firewall.

Xubuntu:

We have installed Xubuntu in an old computer class in Oravais.

Skol Linux:

The municipality of Korsholm offers you "Skol Linux" in Swedish for EeePC:s. You can find more information here.

Mini Laptops + Edubuntu / Skol Linux

The project has bought 16 Aspire One mini laptops and is lending them to schools for a trial period of two weeks.

By using mini laptops and EdUbuntu the price of a computer is 300 €. We have also made images available of the 120 GB HDD of the Aspire One on the Internet with Skol Linux and Edu Ubuntu. The images are also available om 8 GB USB memory. This means restoring a HDD takes 5 minutes from the USB. If schools choose other kinds of Mini laptops we can help with the Skol Linux and Edu Ubuntu installations and images on USB memory. Documentation in Swedish how to create an image of the HDD on USB is available to the right.