I have been doing a few other interesting projects recently, they are non-webbook related but they are very Ubuntu related so I thought
I would talk about them here.
Today The Open Learning Centre is launching a new range of server appliances, the first one we are launching runs the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment. This is a server for schools or anyone delivering any form of education. It manages student profiles, courses, assessments, scores, homework and all that kind of stuff. Works great for online training or as a complement to classroom based learning.
This isn’t a normal retail purchase though, and it won’t be delivered in the post. Every Libertus server is hand delivered and installed on site by us, we get it up and running and connected to the network. The rest of the day we spend giving training on how to use and administer the server, and explaining why Software Freedom is really cool.
We also offer a remote backup option (backups being a topical topic for the webbook blog) and hardware replacement. If you break your Libertus we send you a new one, with your most recent backup already restored on it so you just plug it in and carry on working.
The Libertus range will include a bunch of appliances, this is just the start. We are kind of building on the experience of the webbook and making sure that all the hardware is fully supported by the operating system, being totally unambiguous in all the marketing that this is running Ubuntu Linux, and getting training and documentation right.
There is one thing that you may be able to help me with (apart from tell all your friends and schools that you know). I have been told by a few people that I just must get on Twitter to let everyone know about this wonderful new server. OK I have a Twitter account called alanbelltolc,I also have an identi.ca account alanbell. Great. Now what? How is everyone supposed to know I am there? What am I supposed to say in 140 characters?