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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As a total beginner, my research sugges=
ted
that Ubuntu was the rising star of Linux. I also like their ethos. And the
desktop PC on a CD concept is fantastic and free!<o:p></o:p></span></font></=
p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So far Ubuntu has been good. The bigges=
t
challenge initially was working out Linux RAID and Logical Volume Management=
.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As I’m using it purely as a web/w=
eb
app server I didn’t want any GUI desktop stuff and the flashing white
cursor took me back to early DOS days.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Meanwhile I’ve managed to upgrade
the OS – took about 15 minutes (try that with Windows Server & IIS=
),
installed Webmin to provide a gui interface for configuring etc.<o:p></o:p><=
/span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The school web site is up and under
construction using Expression Engine <a href=3D"http://www.lornep12.vic.edu.=
au/">www.lornep12.vic.edu.au</a>.
I’ve setup a couple of mediawiki sites for some yr 7/8 projects. IR=
17;ve
figured out some apache aliases for organising the web root.<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>There is a way of using Webmin through
normal port 80 using reverse proxy, but the documentation isn’t clear=
so
it’s not working yet (all server work has to be done at school).<o:p><=
/o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With report season etc, I haven’t
had the time to configure email and ftp services yet either. I’m plann=
ing
to host a community arts project website that the school will be involved in=
so
I guess that means setting up a virtual host in Apache and maybe a local DNS
service using BIND if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Big learning curve, but I enjoy that ki=
nd
of thing. It just takes time. Overall, the experience has been great. ItR=
17;s
so easy to add, remove applications, upgrade etc – once you get the ha=
ng
of how these things are done.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Maybe we need an Ubuntu list?<o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span><=
/font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-fam=
ily:Tahoma'>
moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><s=
pan
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 12 December 20=
06
3:04 PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Moodle Users' in Scho=
ols
Mailing List<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Moodle] Moodle=
on
Netspace</span></font><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>Interesting Chris .. what do you think of the Ubuntu LAMP server?<o:=
p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>I was fascinated to read why a Linux hard disk drive doesnt need to=
be
fragmented and its technical advantage over a Windows NTFS formatted hard di=
sk
drive. I had suspected as much .. this page explains the details for lay use=
rs
like me. :-) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'> <a
href=3D"http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_li=
nux_need_defragmenting">http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/1=
7/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>Regards Roland<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dgmailquote><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times N=
ew Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>On 12/12/06, <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>=
Chris
Ellis</span></b> <<a href=3D"mailto:ellis.christopher.l@edumail.vic.gov.a=
u">ellis.christopher.l@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi Ian,<br>
<br>
I was using the Netspace Netspace Virtual Classroom moodle for about a year.=
<br>
It was great to get going with. <br>
<br>
But as with the rest of Netspace, quality of service is not really good<br>
enough - we've had no less than half a dozen ACS/Filter proxy issues in the<=
br>
last week, and this has been going on for months.<br>
<br>
Having invested all my coursework into the NVC moodle my classes were <br>
stuffed when it was off the air - probably 3 days down time over the year. I=
<br>
also ended up with a forum posting issue that was never resolved. The NVC<br=
>
support process is take a ticket and we'll get back to you over the next <br=
>
couple of days. Often time I had to put in a personal call to Mike D'Monte<b=
r>
to get support action happening in a timely manner.<br>
<br>
In frustration, I installed Moodle on the local file server using XAMPP<br>
under windows and it worked a charm, although only available on the LAN. <br=
>
<br>
Meanwhile I've bought an ACER 530 server, installed Ubuntu LAMP server, had<=
br>
DE&T allow it as a webserver and will be migrating Moodle to it before t=
he<br>
end of the year (yikes). The webserver has 2 network connections - one for <=
br>
the wide world, and the other for the LAN. There is a simple php config for<=
br>
Moodle which serves the Moodle locally over the LAN (to avoid IP traffic)<br=
>
and still allows web browsing from outside of VicSmart. Must remember to get=
<br>
VicSmart to add out Moodle to the Edulist for free traffic for the admin<br>
network.<br>
<br>
Under this setup, Moodle will still work regardless of having internet<br>
access functioning.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps. The short answer is - if you don't have the tech <br>
skills/support at school and Netspace aren't charging for it, give it a go<b=
r>
while you introduce Moodle culture to your staff and students. The more<br>
dependent you become on it, the more you will need a more reliable service,=
<br>
whether local or hosted commercially.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Chris Ellis<br>
ICT Coordinator<br>
Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12 College<br>
<br>
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