Hi, I have recently applied for a volunteer position at OLE in Nepal, and it was suggested I introduce myself here. So here goes. I have been involved in the Linux community for a while, but my experience lies very much in the Debian/Ubuntu field, which I feel is far friendlier and more logical than the other distros. I have run my own IT company for 5 years, where we built bespoke programs, but mostly web solutions and administering accounts. Since then I administered a medium sized school, building the entire system based on LTSP (an amazing system) which really allows for the administration side to be a non-headache. I also taught IT for a year at this school. I've been following the list a little and I've taken a look at sugar which is very intriguing, though obviously very young still. I've been talking to Bryan Berry from OLENepal, and suggested installing a prototype XS server based on ebox with ubuntu or debian under the hood. The main reason is my knowledge in this area and the fact that I'll need to teach this to other sysadmins/teachers in Nepal. I know you guys have some ideas already, and you've already started on something, and I wouldn't want to just branch without synchronizing with the XS devel team. There are many aspects of the mesh networking aspect that I'm not to clear about, as I've never worked with this, though it seems pretty clear. I have always worked with webmin with my ltsp system without any problems, though I know how developers feel about its security and its internal workings, but lets be clear here, we're working with schools, not banks.... so I don't see the fuss. Anyway, I do think ebox is a good full solution that would do a better job than webmin in terms of security, and would be easily understood by most admins... With your blessign, I'd like to go ahead and build a prototype based on debian or Ubuntu for Nepal... with whatever help is needed from the XS devel team.<br>
<br>Kind Regards,<br>David Van Assche<br><br>