[Edu-sig] re: Network-safe Python Install for school use?

[Michael McLay]

Is the custom Knoppix CD available? Your description suggests that it would be 
a good starting point for a edu-sig distribution. 

On Sunday 21 March 2004 5:40 pm, Stephen Thorne wrote:

> I've taught python using a custom remastered Knoppix CD. We found it
> very successful, and we were capable of doing things with linux
> on the desktop that we couldn't possibly do with windows without a large
> development budget and a lot of system-maintenance:
>
>  - start+stop xlockmore with a blank screensaver on all machines.
>  - start an arbitary application on all machines (during the session,
> idle-python, after the session, bzFlag ;)
>  - remotly remove all icons on the desktop/menu
>  - backup the contents of the directory the students were using to save
> their work on a 5-minute basis. (This was a lesson learnt the hard way,
> when removing icons, we removed the work-folder. *whoops*)