There are often proposals for community media internet projects, which the CBAA is well placed to get involved with due to its permanent internet link and central role. Since Linux is open to shared and remote administration, it could be a great catalyst for volunteer online projects. For example, mailing list management for the CAMPsite is currently done remotely via email from Perth. Since Linux is cheap, a second Linux server could affordably perform internal and confidential functions. This addresses many security concerns.
Most crashes are directly hardware related, such as a dead hard drive.
Routine management is limited to adding users, which is done remotely, and rotating the backup tapes. Another example is 4ZZZ's Linux server, which has not crashed since installation 18 months ago. 4ZZZ's previous server, running SCO Unix, crashed just once in 3 years when its hard disk failed. This coincides with many independent reports of the stability of Unix in general, and Linux in particular. The CBAA 5 client upgrade floppy disk stopped working 2 weeks ago, meaning half the staff were locked off the server.