[SFD-discuss] I need Help

[Lars Noodén]

Hi,

Jorge!

Sounds very exciting.

Jorge Higueros wrote:
> The first step is with the profesesors the university buy 4000 laptops with
> Ubuntu and and we are the training and the second  is present the proyect to
> the migration to Free Software all University and timeline 2 years and is
> posible 1 year

Perhaps a disk-image or kickstart with customized applications, menus,
settings, and other options can be worked out with the first focus
groups.  How are these 4000 to be phased in and who will be the first
guinea pigs for the first few pilot projects?  (They can be short, quick
projects.)  Can the OEM work with you on this?

What plans are there for making and publishing online HOWTOs and other
documentation?    e.g. reference management, compound documents with
OOo, etc.

You're making a clean start so, maybe IPv6, too?

> and the staff is maybe working with four organization and lugs we are 500
> person working full time.

Have you made a list of applications you will actively support?  Which
applications are encouraged but not supported?  Which applications are
they on their own with?  KDE is highly customizable and since your team
is likely setting up highly configured desktops, it or Xfce are worth
examining.  Xfce will be fast.

How about a disk or kit for those who want to follow progress but won't
have the laptops?

> And proyect it has to with a documentation of the other universities aruond
> the world  working with free software

Are there plans to provide distribute, network accessible storage with
or without web service?  If so, OpenAFS is a useful tool for the
infrastructure:
	http://workshop.openafs.org/afsbpw08/

AFS can be combined with Kerberos+ldap (or maybe hesiod) and the two can
be part of providing a federated workspace.  You have two tasks there.
One is the technical infrastructure (e.g. AFS cells and cross-realm
authentication) another is planning the taxonomy (for the whole
institution and for various classes of users and groups).

The file storage can have directories for each user or group or course.
 Subfolders there can be made available to the university's web server.

Regards,
-Lars