Last year, I led a class at North Star where the kids and I built a computer. We talked about the computing needs of North Star and decided that a server/router could improve the environment there. At first, there was some skepticism on the part of the North Star staff and we were in a holding pattern for several months after we'd built the computer. But as they realized the limitations of their existing network, they came around and asked us to install our server. There wasn't time for me to finish it in the spring, but yesterday evening, I put the server into service. And today, North Star used the server their students built to provide their networking for the first time.
It's just a simple gnu/linux box running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. But I'm hopeful that soon they'll become addicted to the kinds of cool things that a simple linux box can do for you. I'm looking forward to bringing up a cadre of students to perform the tasks of sysadmins.
But first, I should probably get some good backups.
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