educationaLinux 2003 Monday 14:00 session

Monday 14:00 – Implementing Open Source Software at The Heights School

Implementing Open Source Software at The Heights School

After an introduction describing the breadth and depth of The Heights School (for interstate delegates), and the history and growth of computing at the school including subject range and the importance of computing technology on supporting and extending the curriculum, this presentation covers the following material:

System Audit
Planning for Open Source
Upgrading File storage, Web and Mail servers with Linux or FreeBSD operating systems
Developing an Internet café and Word-processing Room
Introducing WINDOWS emulation software to provide continuity of curriculum
The Big Picture — 2002 to 2005

The presentation includes photos of the system in action.

About Desmond Elliott

Desmond has a fifteen year history in computing including UNIX, MSDOS, and the Windows environment from Windows 3.1 through to Windows 2000 server and Linux/FreeBSD including software engineering, system design and management, hardware design and management.

His software projects include:

Engineering and development of an automated cartographic system for the RAA of SA using GPS and database to produce automated regional mapping in real time.
A growth to production prediction database program for the Australian Citrus Marketing Board to market Oranges into the USA and South East Asia 4 to 5 months before harvest with precision of quality and quantity in the 95 percentile.

Desmond is Principal Director of Dunhess Pty Ltd., he is a cartographer, providing a mapping service to scientists around Australia for the production of irrigated property management plans.

Some 80% of the new vineyard developments across Australia have utilised the mapping service he provides.

He also provides a precision kinematic GPS surveying service to produce surface models of properties requiring hydraulically designed irrigation systems.

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