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John Horne wrote: >On Fri, December 2, 2005 23:00, John Horne wrote: > > >>>From what you have said though it seems that adding a new package to the >>LTSP server either automatically installs it into the relevant parts >>necesary for LTSP, or it is necessary to re-install it using something >>else which will install it correctly for LTSP. Either way it is easier >>than at present where I need to rebuild things from source :-) >> >> >> >For your info: > >I know what I was thinking of here. It was something mentioned on the LTSP >web site/list some time ago about Ubuntu using the MueKow project to >implement LTSP in a different manner. It uses chroot to install packages >directly on to the LTSP linux image rather than building from the source >with LBE. Definitely much easier :-) A link about it is: > > http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/MueKow > >Definitely sounds interesting and worth investigating. Just need to get my >hands on some hardware now :-) > > >John. > > > Yeah, I read about that last night. I'm wondering if using this method, it would be possible to still have a minimal install of Ubuntu with just X and a couple of other components and have X on the terminal query the server, kinda like what LTSP already does, but with the advantage of being able to add applications to run locally too. Hope that makes sense? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html