| 2007-05-26 05:31:48 |
Rich Johnson |
edubuntu-docs: statusexplanation |
|
Author: nixternal
Date: Sat May 26 06:24:10 2007
New Revision: 4138
Modified:
trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/introduction.xml
trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/server.xml
trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/using.xml
Log:
closes #110807, #111271, #111298
Modified: trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/introduction.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/introduction.xml (original)
+++ trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/introduction.xml Sat May 26 06:24:10 2007
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
<title>Compatible</title>
<para>
-Most educational computer networks are a heterogenous networks consisting of various operating systems. In this setting, you need an operating system that plays well with the others. Edubuntu does that.
+Most educational computer networks are a heterogeneous networks consisting of various operating systems. In this setting, you need an operating system that plays well with the others. Edubuntu does that.
</para>
<para>
Edubuntu servers can happily coexist on the same network as other operating systems. OpenOffice.org can open and save many commercial office suite formats. You can even install Edubuntu and another operating system on the same machine. Need to share
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
<sect3>
<title>Wired</title>
<para>
- Wired networking transfers packets over a cable that resembles a telephone cord, but with more wires. Wired networks can tranfer packets at one of three possible speeds: 10 Mbit/sec, 100 Mbit/sec, or (Gigabit) 1000 Mbit/sec.
+ Wired networking transfers packets over a cable that resembles a telephone cord, but with more wires. Wired networks can transfer packets at one of three possible speeds: 10 Mbit/sec, 100 Mbit/sec, or (Gigabit) 1000 Mbit/sec.
</para>
<para>
A network is only useful if it can connect multiple computers. There are some pieces of hardware that allow multiple computers to be connected in a network. They look alike, but they function differently and, likewise, operate at different speeds.
Modified: trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/server.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/server.xml (original)
+++ trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/server.xml Sat May 26 06:24:10 2007
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
<para>Chances are, hardware that you already have is more than
sufficient for terminals. One of the great advantages of an Edubuntu
Server is that you can set up a high quality lab of terminals for your
-students to use, by levereging the machines you already have.
+students to use, by leveraging the machines you already have.
As for servers, usually, it's very easy
to turn any high-end single user desktop machine into a terminal
server capable of handling many thin clients. We'll present some
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
<title>CPU</title>
<para>For using the default, secure mode of LTSP, you'll need to
have a slightly faster CPU. Any 233 MHz or better CPU should
-provide acceptible performance.</para>
+provide acceptable performance.</para>
<para>If you have slower clients, in the range of 133 MHz to 233
MHz, you may be able to use them, if you're willing to reduce the
security of your thin client network. More on this in the
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
Interactive games require a bit more than say, a word processor. If
you plan to use Java and Flash plugins in your web browser, these
can consume a lot of processing power. For a "mixed" model, i.e.
-some peope playing TuxMath, a few people browsing the web, and a
+some people playing TuxMath, a few people browsing the web, and a
few people typing in OpenOffice.org, a 2GHz or better processor
should be able to adequately handle 20 people with some minor
delays. A 3GHz processor would be better.</para>
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
<para>CD-ROM</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
-<para>USB Memeory Device</para>
+<para>USB Memory Device</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>Each of the above booting methods will be explained later in
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
<command>run-init</command>, which will swap the current root
filesystem for a new filesystem. When it completes, the NFS
filesystem will be mounted on /. At this point, any directories
-that need to be writable for regular startup to occurr, like /tmp,
+that need to be writable for regular startup to occur, like /tmp,
or /var, are mounted at this time.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>At this point, the user can log in. They'll get a session on
the server.</para>
-<para>This confuses alot of people at first. They are sitting at a
+<para>This confuses a lot of people at first. They are sitting at a
thin client, but they are running a session on the server. All
commands they run, will be run on the server, but the output will
be displayed on the thin client.</para>
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
late 1990's included a specification for a bootrom technology known
as the
<emphasis>Pre-boot Execution Environment</emphasis> commonly
-abreviated as
+abbreviated as
<emphasis role="strong">PXE</emphasis>.</para>
<para>A PXE bootrom can load at most a 32 kilo-byte file. A Linux
kernel is quite a bit larger than that. Therefore, we setup PXE to
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@
<screen>sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386</screen>
<para>This will change your root directory to be the LTSP clients
root directory. In essence, anything you now do inside here, will
-be applied to the LTSP clients NFS root. This is a seperate small
+be applied to the LTSP clients NFS root. This is a separate small
set of files that are used to boot the clients into a usable, and
enable them to contact the LTSP server. Once inside this shell, we
must type the following command to obtain the latest list of
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@
<para>Once all upgrades have finished, you must leave the chroot by
either typing <emphasis role="bold">exit</emphasis> or by using the key combination Ctrl+D.
This will return you to the root of the server.</para>
-<para>If your kernal has been upgraded you must run the ltsp kernel
+<para>If your kernel has been upgraded you must run the ltsp kernel
upgrade script, to ensure that your ltsp root uses the latest
version. This is performed by running the command below:</para>
<screen>sudo ltsp-update-kernels</screen>
Modified: trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/using.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/using.xml (original)
+++ trunk/edubuntu/handbook/C/using.xml Sat May 26 06:24:10 2007
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
OpenOffice.org is a complete office suite similar to other, commercial
office suites. It features a word processor, as well as spreadsheet,
presentation, drawing, database, and mathematical formula applications.
-OpenOffice.org can open and convert most documents from other commerical office suites and has
+OpenOffice.org can open and convert most documents from other commercial office suites and has
support for many different languages.
</para>
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@
<title>Graphics</title>
<para>
-In the graphics deparment, diagrams and flowcharts are a breeze with Dia. Xsane
+In the graphics department, diagrams and flowcharts are a breeze with Dia. Xsane
provides an easy to use scanner interface. 3D modeling and animation are
-Blender's specialty. Image editing similar to other professional photo editors is done using the
+Blender's speciality. Image editing similar to other professional photo editors is done using the
GIMP. Scribus provides layout and publishing capabilites.
</para>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
<para>
For all your video and audio play and editing needs, Edubuntu provides several
programs including Rhythmbox for music playing and Serpentine for burning audio
-CDs. Sound Juicer rips audio CD tracks to your computer. Totem is an excelent
+CDs. Sound Juicer rips audio CD tracks to your computer. Totem is an excellent
video and movie player and you can use Kino to edit video clips. Sound Recorder
can be used to record audio clips to your computer.
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