For many years, we have been relying heavily on open source applications in our school – on the server, but also on the computers and laptops. Especially on the server-side, open source software is widely used and many great software projects can be used wonderfully in a school. Therefore today Read more…
For 1.5 years our school uses almost exclusively Open Source software. This step has already saved us more than 5000€ in license costs in this short time. But that’s not our main reason for using open source software. The reasons are as follows: Freedom and independence from a vendor the low Read more…
In the last two weeks I’ve started to upload some videos about linuxmuster.net – the free and open source school server we use in our school. The whole series will cover all the main features and how you can get started from installation to managing user accounts (students, teachers) and Read more…
Almost four years after the last release, the new version 7 of linuxmuster.net was released today. This is another important milestone in the history of the free open source school server solution. There will be a small presentation of the linuxmuster.net v7 today (17.04.) at 3 pm (CEST) (virtual via Read more…
For more than a year we have been using the free school solution linuxmuster.net in our school. In addition to the computers in the computer lab, we also have computers in some of the classrooms, e. g. in the rooms with a fixed projector or in the primary school classrooms. Read more…
linuxmuster.net is an open source school server solution for schools of any kind and size. Version 7 is currently under development and the beta phase is about to start. A lot has happened in the last months and I would like to give you a short overview of the current Read more…
Baseline Setting up a computer lab can quickly become very expensive. Computers, monitors, keyboards, cables, switches, etc. need to be purchased in order to have a reliable computer room that is often used later on. Especially small schools and clubs, which only have small budgets, are barely or poorly equipped Read more…
At our school we have an open wireless network with a captive portal as well as another WLAN (WPA Enterprise, 802.1X) which is only intended for teachers. For both networks we use a RADIUS server for authentication. Freeradius is the most widely used OpenSource RADIUS server, which we also use. 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…
In our school we have some computers, to which a projector is permanently connected. The projector is connected to an HDMI switch, so that you can switch easily between different inputs, e.g. your own laptop or document camera. Ubuntu extends the desktop by default when connecting a screen. But in Read more…