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 ====== The Zero Dollar Lab Project ====== ====== The Zero Dollar Lab Project ======
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 December 30, 2016\\ December 30, 2016\\
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 +[[Beginnings]]\\
 +[[Meeting Notes]]\\
 +[[Project Tracking]]\\
 A very old friend approached me with a proposition. Create a plan to extend computers into low income institutions. In Senegal he saw [[http://www.ltsp.org/|Linux LTSP]] being used in places that had the barest of resources.\\ A very old friend approached me with a proposition. Create a plan to extend computers into low income institutions. In Senegal he saw [[http://www.ltsp.org/|Linux LTSP]] being used in places that had the barest of resources.\\
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 To Recap:\\ To Recap:\\
-|50 desktop thin clients| $5,000| +|50 desktop thin clients | $5,000| 
-|50 screens| $5,000| +|50 screens | $5,000| 
-|keyboards & mice| $500| +|keyboards & mice | $500| 
-|Server, Office| $6,000|+|Server, Office | $6,000|
 $16,500\\ $16,500\\
 Estimated hours for setup and configuration: 20\\ Estimated hours for setup and configuration: 20\\
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 Cost of a Windows 10 lab:\\ Cost of a Windows 10 lab:\\
-|50 Windows 10 computers| $25,000| +|50 Windows 10 computers | $25,000| 
-|50 screens| $5,000| +|50 screens | $5,000| 
-|keyboards & mice| $500| +|keyboards & mice | $500| 
-|MS Office| $4,000|+|MS Office | $4,000|
 $34,500\\ $34,500\\
 Estimated hours for setup and configuration: 70\\ Estimated hours for setup and configuration: 70\\
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 Cost of a Pi/LTSP Lab:\\ Cost of a Pi/LTSP Lab:\\
-|50 Raspberry Pi| $1,000| +|50 Raspberry Pi | $1,000| 
-|50 screens| $5,000| +|50 screens | $5,000| 
-|keyboards & mice| $500| +|keyboards & mice | $500| 
-|Linux LTSP Server| $400|+|Linux LTSP Server | $400|
 $7,000\\ $7,000\\
 Estimated hours for setup and configuration: 70\\ Estimated hours for setup and configuration: 70\\
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 Help available: online\\ Help available: online\\
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-the  +All labs assume 1 Gb switching and a high speed Internet connection.\\ 
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 +PiNet [[http://pinet.org.uk/]] lowers this cost even further. PiNet offers a classroom management system based on network logins and Raspberry Pi computers. The PiNet server can run with as little as 2Gb of RAM. The client can run on the Pi Zero computers at $5.00 a piece. In a shared environment, each student can carry their school compute on an SD card and plug it in to the lab computer when needed.\\ 
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 +See the PiNet [[http://pinet.org.uk/]] documentation for further information.