Open source software in school administration

V današnjem času si uspešnega poslovanja ne moremo zamisliti brez učinkovite informacijske infrastrukture, ki pa zahteva veliko vzdrževanja in velik finančni vložek. Da bi poenostavili vzdrževanje in znižali stroške, smo na Višji strokovni šoli, Šolskega centra Ptuj, vpeljali pilotski projekt uporabe odprtokodne programske opreme v tajništvu in referatu. Vpeljali smo uporabo tankih odjemalcev in s tem omogočili uporabo drugače neuporabne strojne opreme. S tankimi odjemalci se preko nxclienta prijavimo na delovno postajo, ki uporablja xen virtualizacijo, v kateri je nameščen centos operacijski sistem. Z uporabo virtualizacije omogočimo enostavno nadgradnje in migracijo sistema. Programska oprema je nameščena na enem mestu, kar poenostavi posodobitve, varnostno kopije, upravljanje in dostopnost od koderkoli ter zaradi uporabljene programske opreme tudi večjo odpornost proti virusom. Za pisanje dokumentov se uporablja openoffice.org, za dostop do spleta firefox in poštni odjemalec thunderbird. Za izvajanje programov, ki ne tečejo v odprtokodnem sistemu GNU/Linux se povežemo na drug strežnik. Po dosedanjih izkušnjah, je delo hitrejše in bolj tekoče, kakor pred tem.Nowadays we can\u27t imagine successful work without effective information infrastructure, which demands a lot of a maintenance and also big money investment. In order to reduce maintenance and lower expense costs, we have introduced a pilot project of use of Open Source Software in secretary\u27s office at Post Secondary Vocational School at School Centre Ptuj. We have introduced the use of thin clients and thus enabled the use of otherwise not useable computer hardware. With the use of thin clients we connect to the workstation using nxclient. At the workstation, there is xen virtualisation on which centos operating system is installed. By using virtualisation we enable a simple upgrading and migration of the system. The software is installed in one place which simplifies updating, backup copies, maintenance and accessibility from everywhere and due to the used software also a higher virus resistance. Openoffice.org is used for writing documents, firefox is used for access to the Internet and thunderbird for emails. The usage of programs which do not run in the Open Source system GNU/Linux, we connect to another server. Judging by the present experience, the work is performed faster and more fluent compared to the past