Setting up a small computer lab for teaching kids programming and logic circuits using HP Slimline Desktop computers with ZorinOS lite

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Hello everyone,

I've been tasked with setting up a small computer lab to teach children programming, logic circuits, and similar topics. The room has 4 identical HP Slimline Desktop computers with Intel Pentium processors and 2–4 GB of RAM. Since these machines are quite old, I plan to install Zorin OS 18.1 Lite on them.

I have two questions:

  1. Can these machines handle Zorin OS Lite comfortably, or would it be too heavy for them?
  2. What tools and software should I install on these computers so that I can fully control them from my personal computer — including seeing what the students are doing, sharing my screen with them, assisting them remotely, and other features a teacher might need?

I've never managed multiple computers in this way before, so detailed explanations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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Welcome to the Forum!

Zorin Lite should work for the 4GB of RAM. With the 2GB, it could be a bit tight. One Point would be how old these Computers are because it could be neccessary to use an older Kernel when it should be really old Hardware.

For Point 2, I'm not qualified enough. there, You should wait for other Users here.