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= Purpose = === Purpose of this WIKI ===
''It is this author's belief in the importance of not only providing documentation for all aspects for Westminster United Church, but to have this documentation on-line, and be accessible and easily modifiable by its users...''
Murray Saul
=== Purpose of Westminster Computer Lab ===
The purpose is to create and maintain (at minimal cost) a computer lab that will provide computer support for several groups including CE Youth & instructors, church staff, congregation members, special interest groups, and members of the Orangeville community.
The computer lab contains hardware and programs to extend the capability to be a conference room as well as a "break-out" room for group project collaboration.
The Westminster computer lab is a "thin client" lab where each workstation is "diskless" (i.e. no hard disk drive). These "thin clients" are connected to a central server to simplify computer maintenance (like installing software). Applications on the "thin clients" can be run via the main server, or run from the "thin client" itself in RAM. This Computer lab uses the Linux Operating System (an educational version of Ubuntu called "Edubuntu"). The application in '''Linux''' to run a diskless workstation lab is called '''LTSP''' (Linux Terminal Server Project).
For a more detailed explanation/purpose of the Westminster computer Lab, refer to this WIKI: [ [[Westminster Computer Lab WIKI]] ]
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== Overview of Computer Lab ==
= Computer Lab Setup =