Edubuntu: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Well, after several months of using Edubuntu in a LTSP thin client environment I will share my thoughts and experience…. the good the bad and the ugly.   The good:   The software is free and open source. We have been able to recycle some old machines and nearly double the number of public work stations at the main library. Speed: when all is running well, applications including Firefox run much faster than they do on our Windows stand alone PC’s Security Updates: Since all of the terminals run off of the same server, all updates are done on the server. This is much less time consuming than the process we go through with the Windows PC’s. They have Deep Freeze installed on them, so they must first be “Thawedâ€� then updated, the “Refrozen.â€� With windows security updates, Anti virus updates, Java and flash updates etc. This is VERY time consuming. Edubuntu’s included software package is excellent. While on the window’s machi...