Project Requirements
From Linuxcentre Wiki
- Very low support overhead
- 60 netbooks in two trolleys for 2 class use.
- Extended battery life - no desk mains sockets and there won't be much time for charging between classes.
- Housed in 30-bay safe/charging trolleys
- Educational software required for primary school age
- Compatible with RM Kaleidos VLE software (flash based)
- Office and DTP software
- Central server storage of user files
- No requirement for individual account management (shared server file storage is acceptable)
- Wireless 802.11a/g access – will use existing wireless infrastructure
- Simple netbook re-imaging that can be simply done by teachers if required.
- Centrally manageable netbook builds
- Server for file storage, DHCP and internal DNS.
- Server should have on-site incremental daily backups for 30+ days
- Netbooks should be built in such a way that even teachers should not be required to become root/administrator on them.
- Shared printer access
- Internet access and filtering (already provided by the local education authority)
- Teacher supervision capability (i.e. management console to snoop or control netbooks) (- if time allows)

