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Welcome to the computer suite; it is made possible by the technical wizardry of Psand and Bristol Wireless.

Tips for using the suite

1. If you are unable to see the mouse cursor then do nothing for five seconds. Now try moving the mouse slowly.
2. You are using the Firefox web browser, if you want several pages open; right click on the link then select 'open in new tab'.
3. The username is the number written on the lid of the laptop, the password is the same number.
4. If you want to use MSN Messenger, Yahoo Chat or similar, then right click on this link to meebo and then select 'open link in new tab'

About the suite

The suite is run using Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), which is an add-on package for Linux. LTSP allows you to connect lots of low-powered thin client terminals to a Linux server. This means that the setup uses less power and you can re-use old and 'redundant' computers such as the laptop which you are sitting at. In this system applications such as Firefox run on the server and accept input from and display their output on the thin client display. This means that the laptop you are using has no hard drive and the processor is barely being used; every mouse movement or keyboard click is sent down the cable to the server and the data is sent back again.

About Linux

We have set up this suite to be a 'bare bones' internet suite: our usual Linux installs contain all this software. We use the Mepis operating system which is the one that we recommend and support. We are giving away the install CD's, a printed installation guide will be 50p.

If you are interested in the work of Bristol Wireless or wish to hire this computer suite then please navigate around our site using the links at the top of this page.

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