Linux Journal: School Laboratory Management Blues

“One of the main challenges in running a school computer
laboratory is managing the software running on the different PCs
allocated for use by students. System administrators face various
scenarios, all stemming from the nature of a learning environment
in which users all have superuser access to their machines. For
example:

• “Essential system programs might be inadvertently or
  maliciously deleted, thus bringing down an application or the
  operating system itself; or
• “Installation of new applications might necessitate a change in
  some system libraries, thereby creating conflict with existing
  applications; or
• “Classes that require scratch installations of an operating
  system may disrupt subsequent classes dealing with databases or web
  servers…”

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