One of the major projects that my SWAT team students took on in the 2nd Trimester was to load Vector Linux Lite on all of our old PCs that could only handle XP.
I wish I had on hand some of the images and video of this process. It was quite an experience. First we took apart computers, cleaned up all the parts, and put them back together. We learned about careful handling of motherboards, how delicate the pins are on a CPU, and we also learned the names of all the major parts of a computer.
It was a real mess and tons of fun. After the machines were back online we started to test out different operating systems. We tried Ubuntu, Puppy, Vector Standard, and Vector Lite. After some trial and error we settled in on Vector Lite.
We have since deployed 6 systems into the classroom and have had 0 tech support calls. That is if no news is good news.
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