Journal Post 7

I have been doing quite a bit of work since I last posted.

• successfully create all USB boot media
• Using Ubuntu 9.10 I have created boot USB drives that boot directly into the Windows desktop environment on the server 
•  user never sees the Ubuntu desktop until the user logs off of the server
•  I have also removed the components from all of the Dell Vostro GX520's
• Created user environment on the server
• Added users to Remote Desktop Users group
• Installed applications
• Adobe Reader, java, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, TechSmith Camtasia Relay
• Setup personal Microsoft Outlook
• Tested applications in real world environment
• Mapped network drives
• Installed printer and printed test page
• Removed Kill-A-Watt monitoring device from PTS Student PC and collected final data on January 19th, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.
• data in spreadsheet (here)
• Installed Kill-A-Watt monitoring device on repurposed PTS Student PC at 2:30 p.m. January 19th, 2012
• preliminary data in spreadsheet (here)
• Sent out email to all volunteers asking what specialized software will be needed 

Next steps

• install the monitoring devices on the two full PC's that I have not monitored as 
• setup repurposed PC's for users besides myself and monitor them
• get energy readings from server
• setup meeting with adviser