The LinuxLab at the IT University

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What is LinuxLab

LinuxLab is a laboratory at the IT University, with approx. 12 computers running Linux and other Open Source software. The lab is available for the students and researchers of the IT University in their daily work. Have a look at some photos of the lab. LinuxLab is also Linux resources for the student at ITU, as well as this web site, open for everybody.

Contact

The home of the LinuxLab is room 2A50 at the IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgards Vej 7, 2300 Copehagen S, Denmark.

Contact: Hanne Munkholm
Email: hm@itu.dk

1. The Goals of LinuxLab

• Linux for end-users To help students and staff learn how to be end-users of Linux
  
• Linux-technology on Windows To help students and staff learn how to use Open Source programs and systems that are in wide-spread use at ITU on Windows machines (e.g., emacs, LaTeX and CVS)
  
• Support of Linux Machines To make sure that a designated number of machines running Linux are kept in working order and are upgraded with new releases of Linux. The support should include support of portable Linux machines.
  
• Support of Windows Machines with Open Source Software To make sure that a designated number of machines running Windows and installed with Open Source systems (e.g., emacs, LaTeX and CVS) are kept in working order and are upgraded with new releases of the Open Source systems. The support should include support of portable Windows machines.
  

2. Indicators

To determine how well LinuxLab achieves the goals outlined in the previous section, the following indicators will be used:

1. Short courses in Linux, LaTeX, emacs and CVS are offered at least once a year; the number of administrative staff that can use LaTeX grows.
   
2. A linux ITU image is maintained.
   
3. A Windows image with emacs, Latex and CVS is maintained.
   
4. Linux-questions from end-users to the help desk are handled
   
5. One of the machine rooms in Ørestad will be called LinuxLab and will contain Linux machines, which are supported.
   
6. Sysadm develops a discipline for maintenance and upgrade of portable computers which makes it possible for staff who adhere to the discipline to get their operating system and software updated once a year.
   

Hardware in the LinuxLab

List of hardware in the LinuxLab. Most of this hardware is sponsered by IBM.

Some of this text is extracted from a paper by Henrik Hulgaard, Mads Tofte, Ken Friis Larsen, and Jakob Lichtenberg, June 2000. The original paper is available as PDF (35k) and Postscript (45k).