School networks are becoming more complex as requirements grow. A school server, school-wide WLAN, the use of tablets and laptops in the classroom, a school cloud, uniform logins for all services – the requirements for a network administrator or service provider in the school are many and varied. If everything Read more…
Looking for a new desktop for our school computers, I want to take a look at different desktop environments. The selection is wide and choices are almost unlimited. I like to start with Xubuntu today. Xubuntu is a derivative of Ubuntu which uses Xfce instead of GNOME as its desktop. Read more…
Currently we are using Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity in our school and are mostly satisfied with it. Next year we want to update the Linux client (in connection with the upgrade to linuxmuster.net v7). Since Unity is no longer part of Ubuntu 18.04 by default, we have to ask ourselves Read more…
At the weekend I used the time to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. So far I have used Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity. I am someone who uses the standard if possible, because I don’t want to waste my time with many adjustments to my desktop every time. The change Read more…
We have equipped some of our classrooms with fixed beamers and more will follow. From time to time the desire is expressed to see whether you can ‘simply’ transmit a picture / video or the whole screen wirelessly from your smartphone or private laptop. Up to now we have provided Read more…
Open Source in schools – a topic where the minds often divide. Does it really make sense to use Open Source Software (OSS) in school? Are there not many more suitable alternatives for schools? What arguments are there for and against the use of OSS at school, i. e. in Read more…