St Ives School
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Case Study
| School Name | St Ives School | Role in school | Deputy Head and Information Systems Manager |
| School Location | Haslemere, Surrey | Student numbers | 140 |
| Age range | 3-11 | Teachers | 16 |
| Computers | 35 | GNU/Linux computers | 1 Server |
| Length of Time (Start) |
Summer 2000 |
User GROUP Affiliation | SuSE |
| Request Assistance? | - | Project Leader | Miles Berry |
| Project URL | http://www.stiveshaslemere.com | Contact E-mail | mberry at st-ives.surrey.sch.uk</a> |
| How Project Started: | Miles was convinced that Linux was something he should look into for the school to provide the functionality needed at reasonable cost. | ||
| Why use GNU/Linux? | Robustness, cost, ethos, flexibility. | ||
| Project Description |
1 server running samba for printer and file sharing plus squid for web page caching and content filtering and postfix with amavis-new for virus and spam filtered email server. Now also running Squirrelmail as a web based email client, and phpwebsite, moodle and elgg on Apache and MySQL for the external website, our virtual learning environment and pupil blogs respectively. |
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| Project Evaluation |
It does what we want it to, it's not running on top end hardware, yet it provides the functionality we need. |
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| Future Uses | Interested in extending Moodle to provide MIS functionality, and implementing Wiki for policy documentation | ||
| Additional Info | - | ||
