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In article <66b.395f70cd.3020e@scgf>, Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.net> wrote:
>>More schools should be using boxes like Linux to be the local web proxy.
>
><sigh> I agree. As head of ICT in a high school I would *love* to be
>using a web proxy running on Linux. While I have reasonable skills at
>installing & configuring Linux on a workstation, I have no experience
>using it in a network situation. I gained my experience by playing with
>my machine at home - I really cannot play with the school network in
>the same way!!

Apologies if you already know about it, but you might find help
from others in the education sector via the SuSE UK Schools mailing
list. It is hosted by SuSE but covers all flavours.

Mail to suse-linux-uk-schools-subscribe@suse.com to subscribe.

Otherwise, I appreciate your nervousness at disrupting the school network.
Do you have an old machine at school available for trials? I'm sure
the most excellent John Winters' instructions won't be that tortuous,
and in some ways fitting a machine into an existing network is easier
than running solo at home;  somebody else has already worried about
IP numbering, gateways, name resolution and the like. The only unsettling
experiences I have had installing various distributions on my work PC
have been getting the automounter working properly, not something that
will affect you; otherwise everything was literally putting IP numbers
in boxes and off you go.
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