bw computer labs: changes in the area of virtual machines

The images of virtual machines will in the future be maintained collectively for all of Baden-Württemberg. This does not mean that there will no longer be local variations for specific courses but merely that there will be models provided for the whole state.

Windows XP support will be discontinued over the course of the term. The new standard will be Windows 7 and in the future also windows 8.

The system for administration of virtual machines will not change in the near future; in the long term more comfortable solutions will be provided with this regard. There will no longer be local settings (proxy-server, printer, etc) on virtual machines; these will be provided by the linux base system. Therefore, the current model systems feature a default printer that should not be changed. This printer communicate with the linux base system, which will then ask the user where an item should be printed.