while accessing Windows apps through Citrix for 3 years now. The latest
citrix client is absolutely beautiful. It integrates all of your
Windows apps seamlessly into the Linux application menu. We've also
been assessing our students and faculty on how the Linux laptop program
has been going. You can find all of our research on our blog,
http://linuxlatops.blogspot.com.
I am excited about the Eee as well. To those of you who fear Linux,
trust me, your students will not after about 5 minutes. To those who
fear the cost of Citrix, the savings of Linux (and especially the Eee)
will pay for Citrix over and over and over again!
Take care,
Alex
Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314.434.5141
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Heynderickx
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:57 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: ASUS EeePC
Hi, Phil
We have two eeePCs, and they were quickly snapped up by two high school=20
students for robot programming. Since they travel to competitions with=20
the robot, having a tough and small Linux laptop for the job was a good=20
idea.
Last week I met a tech director who was planning to try out 40-60 of=20
them next year with students. He had already installed a Citrix client=20
on his and was pulling a full XP desktop from his distant school. His=20
idea was to use a Citrix application server to just serve "higher end=20
apps" to the eeePCs to extend their usability while retain their fast=20
and light Linux OS. His next step was to learn how to alter both the=20
installed image and the restore image (on a hidden partition), so that=20
the F9 system restore from partition would work.
I bought one for my kids for Christmas, and I'm impressed by how much=20
fun they have with it. It's holding up well, but I'm waiting for one=20
with a 10 inch screen and larger keyboard before making plans. I've=20
always liked the idea of a light, thin client laptop that was tough and=20
affordable, and I'm looking forward to what comes out next. So far, the
sales figures for the eeePC are respectable.=20
Jim Heynderickx
Director of Technology
American School in London
p.s. If this ends up on a blog, visit my blog at www.k12converge.com.
:)
Zaubi, Phil wrote:
> I am wondering if any schools are using the ASUS Eee PC (
> http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3D24 )or an equivalent in their
> classroom/school? With its price, size and features, it could be a
> viable option for some schools and in some situations.=20
> =20
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