hi the LTSP project has been running for a while and is coordinated by called Paul Nelson and Eric Harrison their specific K12LTSP distribution is designed as a terminal server solution and i think has been set up for PXE booting only. i've got a CD, not means to copy it at home, i'll maybe get one done next week. The K12LTSP guys are good, in that they have done some good desktop configuration, bundled a good range of packages and based it on Red Hat :-) if a number of people what a CD distribution of this when the final release is available, let me know and i can make some silvers at cost if you look at http://www.ltsp.org you'll see the binary and source code for the LTSP project, a much smaller download and with a range of kernels for network cards (3c509's). It is an easy to run and get working thin client solutions and defaults to true thin client but can run local applications on higher spec PCs. I've run Star Office on 486/8Mb machines, as the load is on the server. as a step further i am currently talking to a manufacturer to sell a pre-built installed LTSP server to support a range of old and new thin clients?, interested ?. regards Malcolm On Wednesday 21 March 2001 08:45, Mr Miles Berry wrote:
There's a thread on /. about an education specific thin client distribution from the US k12linux folk at http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/21/0013246.shtml, pointing to the project home page at http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/k12ltsp.html. Open source, non-commercial and certainly worth looking into. If anyone has access to a broad band connection and a CD writer, could they please burn me an image?
Miles Berry Deputy Head St Ives School, Haslemere www.st-ives.surrey.sch.uk
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