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Maritime Linux Success Stories
Academic
Linux in Computer Science/Informatique curriculum
Linux supercomputers
misc
- Acadia University offers an
officially supported Linux distro
for their laptops.
Acadia University makes heavy use of the PostgesSQL database package.
Acadia University uses FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
Dalhousie has several Linux clusters (more details soon!)
Charity/non-profit
Moncton Boys and Girls Club
The problems:
- donated computers
- depend on volunteers for computer support
- financial constraints
- running a lab for kids is always hard!
The solution:
- Linux Terminal Server Project - http://ltsp.org
- Workstations are booted from the network, and act as terminals to a centralized server.
- management is centralized
- no config info on local machines
- minimal processor power required to act as a terminal - only need 1 powerful server
- most viruses/spyware target Win32 and IE
Brunswick Street Baptist Church, Fredericton NB
The problems:
- most computer admin done by volunteers, when they have time - must minimize required management!
- financial constraints
The solution:
- Linux file server, web server. Firebird + Thunderbird on workstations.
Small Business
- Silverorange.com (based in PEI) re-designed the mozilla.org website, and contributed to the current icon set for Firefox and Thunderbird.
http://www.silverorange.com/a/news/firefox
- Engineering Technologies Canada - embedded Linux products and consulting
http://engtech.ca/products/
Individuals
Steve Mallet - turned some ideas and a Red Hat CD into noteriety
Tim Legge - developer and release manager for etherboot
November 10/2004
Comments and suggestions are welcome!
peter@burtt.org