[CS-FSLUG] Fwd: [iccm] Looking for Linux on the field

[Josiah Ritchie]

This list has heard it all before, but anyway...

Here at Washington Bible College/Capital Bible Seminary we use Linux for
file serving, routing, firewalls, mail filters, backup servers, small
web servers etc. I use Gentoo linux almost exclusively. We are based in
Lanham, MD (just outside D.C.) and have an extension campus in VA with a
linux router. I've been using Linux on campus for 3 or 4 years now and
in my own hobby pursuits for 7 or 8 years.

I'm hoping to bring Linux into a small Christian school this summer with
the usage of a Linux Terminal Server to allow the recycling of old PCs
as we build their network, but that isn't set in stone yet. It would be
their only access to research resources since they don't have a library.
If that happens I'll be using K12 LTSP because there is no one locally
who is familiar with Linux or has the time to learn on the level Gentoo
requires.

Thanks fort he opportunity to share, and hope this could be of help. I
have been excited about the possibilities of Linux on the mission field
since I was in high school and hope to eventually take my Linux skills
around the world. (If you start a Linux Missionary Tech Support center
let me know.) I'd be glad to share more of any of this if it is up your
alley. :-)

Oh, I was enjoying the missionarytechsupport.com website. I did find
that some links to pages concerning the "MissionaryMachines" didn't
work. One was in the FAQ area and the other was on
http://www.missionarytechsupport.com/launchpad/newpc.html. It was the
link entitled Missionary Machine Selector.

JSR/

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 03:01, Greg Slade wrote:
> I got this on the ICCM list:
> 
> God bless,
> 
> Greg
> 
> Howdy all,
> 
> I'll be presenting an introduction to Linux at this year's ICCM.  I wanted
> to give some real-world specific examples of Linux on the mission field.
> 
> If you use Linux on the field, please drop me a quick note with:
> 1. Your organization name.
> 2. What field (where in the world) you use Linux.
> 3. What you use it for.
> 4. How long you've been using it.
> 
> Please don't respond to this email directly as I'm sure the whole ICCM
> conference list may not be interested.
> 
> Send it to: shawn at missionarytechsupport.com.  I'll digest what's sent in 
> and
> make it available.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shawn K. Parrish
> shawn at missionarytechsupport.com
> www.MissionaryTechSupport.com
> 
> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
>      http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iccm/
> 
> 
> 
> Greg Slade                              www.associate.com/camsoc/greg/
> gslade at studio.cbbs.org                       www.associate.com/camsoc/
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