<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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This is kind of an obvious comment, but before doing something like<br>
this you should figure out what kind of outgoing software support<br>
there would be. If there isn't any, then the students are unlikely to<br>
use these computers, and will use something they find easier. Unless<br>
they are already very adept with Unix-like systems in general, and<br>
Linux-based systems in particular, which seems unlikely.<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto">Yes. Makes sense.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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And from a more bottom line perspective, if there isn't anyone to<br>
maintain the machines, they will eventually stop working. Even Debian<br>
can't completely run by itself, and does require some maintenance.<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto">True.</div><div dir="auto">They have a computer teacher. May be we can get him started to to mainten the system. Or teach him how to seek help.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Another option is we begin with only 2 machines instead of 20. And once a month or two revive them if broken.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>