Commandline@school

At school I use 30+ redundant laptops. Kids work with these devices in 6 ict classes, that is 9 clock hours every week. Maintenance is a challenge.
I created this page as an experiment to keep a log of these machines. The goal is to install a local media wiki server in the classroom which can be maintained by students.
For now the 'database' is just a flat file, which must be edited within the wiki.

• 'type' denotes the brand and type of the laptop and the order number in the group.
• 'member' - the color code of the group the device belongs to. The laptops who belong to the same group are stored in a box with the same color coding
  
• 'kernel' - the kernel version of the OS. SMP means a 32 bits kernel.the device
• 'state' - what is broken.
• 'action' - what needs to be done.

Example table.

LAPTOPS

type	member	kernel	state	action	date
hp530-1	ReGr-1	5.13smp	battery dead	change battery	23.08.2021
hp530-2	ReGr-2	5.13smp	ctrl-key broken	replace key or keyboard	21.08.2021
hp530-3	ReGr-3	5.10smp	old kernel	update os	03.09.2021
hp530-4	ReGr-4	5.13smp	low on ram	install extra memory bank	02.12.2020

Note: This effort is inspired by the discussion I had with Justa about the communication of the state of Techninc tools, member projects and inventory. The idea is to use a combination of color codes and index numbers. The colors express the state of the object. The number refers to a webpage on the wiki.