Written by neon the 7 Mar 08 at 00:45.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3645 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3645 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by tromboneman the 27 Mar 08 at 13:25.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5834 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5834 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by hdhfm the 19 Mar 09 at 01:11.

Installing and maintaining Edubuntu for a whole class room or school must be easy - at least compared to setting up Windows.

Procedure should be like
Connect all computers in a classroom to a network.
Set them up (BIOS) so that they would boot on LAN (PXE or Bootp protocol).
Boot teacher PC from live CD. After start up PC offers to set up school network, if selected than a terminal server like the Knoppix-Terminal-server is started which distributes the software to the network.
Install routine suggests to switch on the PCs which should become server. All machines will be booted and evaluated which machines should do which tasks.
(Fileserver (Harddisk space needed) Backupserver (Harddisk space needed), DNS, Server, Firewall (two network cards needed), Webserver and Mailserver, further terminal server) Depending on available HW a default configuration, which can be changed, is offered. As soon as the configuration is accepted the server installation starts. Now the student PCs can be switched on. They will boot, an install script will evaluate them and decide whether they get a thin client (old PCs) installation or a full installation (modern PCs), which will be executed automatically.
The data for all PCs will be entered in a report website. In this website single PCs can be addressed for a webbased configuration or reset to a defined state (after students messed it or them up accidentially).
Further SW can be installed anytime by just installing it on the teacher PC (by Synaptic) and then distributing it to the student PCs.

Installing and maintaining Edubuntu for a whole class room or school must be easy - at least compared to setting up Windows. Procedure should be like Connect all computers in a classroom to a network. Set them up (BIOS) so that they would boot on LAN (PXE or Bootp protocol). Boot teacher PC from live CD. After start up PC offers to set up school network, if selected than a terminal server like the Knoppix-Terminal-server is started which distributes the software to the network. Install routine suggests to switch on the PCs which should become server. All machines will be booted and evaluated which machines should do which tasks. (Fileserver (Harddisk space needed) Backupserver (Harddisk space needed), DNS, Server, Firewall (two network cards needed), Webserver and Mailserver, further terminal server) Depending on available HW a default configuration, which can be changed, is offered. As soon as the configuration is accepted the server installation starts. Now the student PCs can be switched on. They will boot, an install script will evaluate them and decide whether they get a thin client (old PCs) installation or a full installation (modern PCs), which will be executed automatically. The data for all PCs will be entered in a report website. In this website single PCs can be addressed for a webbased configuration or reset to a defined state (after students messed it or them up accidentially). Further SW can be installed anytime by just installing it on the teacher PC (by Synaptic) and then distributing it to the student PCs.

Written by qense the 5 Mar 08 at 14:45.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3338 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3338 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by mammalsauceman the 13 Aug 09 at 08:19.

I don't think i need to expand on the title.

I don't think i need to expand on the title.

Written by cheesehead the 13 Aug 09 at 11:00.

The intuitive and powerful Sugar environment -developed for the OLPC- is already in the Ubuntu repositories.

The intuitive and powerful Sugar environment -developed for the OLPC- is already in the Ubuntu repositories.

Written by Eldmannen the 13 Nov 08 at 03:23.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15568 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15568 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by amiga_os the 14 Nov 08 at 13:02.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15622 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15622 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by Eldmannen the 19 Sep 08 at 23:54.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13448 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13448 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by granadajose the 12 Jan 09 at 18:01.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #17226 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #17226 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by Eldmannen the 20 Sep 08 at 00:15.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13450 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13450 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by rsmcclure the 7 Aug 10 at 04:10.

Games today have a rating system which parents can use to judge if the game is too violent or graphic for a small child.

We should incorporate an age appropriate system for the games for parents to evaluate if it is age appropriate for their child.

Nexuiz is definitely not appropriate for a five year old. At the moment, I have no way of stopping my son from playing the game besides un-installing it.

Games today have a rating system which parents can use to judge if the game is too violent or graphic for a small child. We should incorporate an age appropriate system for the games for parents to evaluate if it is age appropriate for their child. Nexuiz is definitely not appropriate for a five year old. At the moment, I have no way of stopping my son from playing the game besides un-installing it.

Written by Ssdg the 12 Aug 10 at 08:19.

First DO NOT grant admin rights to your childs. (otherwise there WILL be a way for them to circomvent ALL the things you put in their way to do what they want)

Then, use groups and execution rights to allow or not some programs execution.

That's on this second point that work might be done, by creating an interface that will show a list of packages (the sames that are in ubuntu's application manager), show a few groups (adult, child, baby for exemple) and radio buttons.

When checked, the radio button will remove the rights for everybody to run the program and allow only checked group and "older" to run it.

The other option will create said groups, when associating an user with a group (age group), the program will grand him rights for the group AND younger. So adults could run everything, childs run child and baby stuff and baby only baby stuff.(too continue with my previous exemple)

Of course this program will be optionnal, because we are looking for companies (where parental control is pointless) and people with no kids too.

First DO NOT grant admin rights to your childs. (otherwise there WILL be a way for them to circomvent ALL the things you put in their way to do what they want) Then, use groups and execution rights to allow or not some programs execution. That's on this second point that work might be done, by creating an interface that will show a list of packages (the sames that are in ubuntu's application manager), show a few groups (adult, child, baby for exemple) and radio buttons. When checked, the radio button will remove the rights for everybody to run the program and allow only checked group and "older" to run it. The other option will create said groups, when associating an user with a group (age group), the program will grand him rights for the group AND younger. So adults could run everything, childs run child and baby stuff and baby only baby stuff.(too continue with my previous exemple) Of course this program will be optionnal, because we are looking for companies (where parental control is pointless) and people with no kids too.

Written by DaedalusPrime the 13 Aug 10 at 04:52.

Both of the above solutions seem like appropriate pieces to a larger combined solution.

Basically, we implement solution #1 by creating groups as described in solution #2. A package would be installed into the groups corresponding to the rating. Then add the radio-button list to allow the rating-based groupings to be changed by the "parent."

Both of the above solutions seem like appropriate pieces to a larger combined solution. Basically, we implement solution #1 by creating groups as described in solution #2. A package would be installed into the groups corresponding to the rating. Then add the radio-button list to allow the rating-based groupings to be changed by the "parent."

Written by DaedalusPrime the 13 Aug 10 at 04:58.

I assume that solution #1 is comparable to the rating system on video games. This solution would take a different approach of setting up an independent rating service on the net that users could rate each game. That would then feed into the parental controls tool to give a community rating for each game.

The biggest problem with this approach is coming up with a way to guard against kids spamming the rating of the game they want to play...

I assume that solution #1 is comparable to the rating system on video games. This solution would take a different approach of setting up an independent rating service on the net that users could rate each game. That would then feed into the parental controls tool to give a community rating for each game. The biggest problem with this approach is coming up with a way to guard against kids spamming the rating of the game they want to play...

Written by cos the 20 Aug 10 at 11:26.

Let your child play whatever it likes -- they're just games. Keeping it in a Disney fantasy bubble won't stop it from growing up.

Otherwise, you might want to move to Australia. We like out internets child-proof and fully censored here, and I'm sure your kid will appreciate the complete lack of 18+ games.

Let your child play whatever it likes -- they're just games. Keeping it in a Disney fantasy bubble won't stop it from growing up. Otherwise, you might want to move to Australia. We like out internets child-proof and fully censored here, and I'm sure your kid will appreciate the complete lack of 18+ games.

Written by aeroncastle the 22 Aug 10 at 07:52.

you think that violent games are a problem? whait until your son tipes 'sudo rm -rf /' in the terminal

you think that violent games are a problem? whait until your son tipes 'sudo rm -rf /' in the terminal