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Hi Rob Richard Brown http://cregy.co.uk Sent from my iPod On 8 Feb 2009, at 12:34, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > tom brough wrote: >> Well done Rob, and thanks for all your hard work. It was great to see >> how easy it was just to plug in the server and the firewall and >> have a >> couple of workstations up and running. But I know from personal >> experience that setting up an LTSP server, while a lot of fun is also >> very time consuming. >> >> > Yep, I found using Ubuntu it wasn't too bad to get the basic system up > and running (just boot from the Ubuntu Alternative CD, press F4 at the > boot screen and select LTSP server) but it can be time consuming > locking > things down which I still didn't manage to fully finish off although > it > should stop some of the users trying to play and change things. > What I > did find disappointing was that some applications didn't seem to work > too well, Tuxtype was one of these where it would work fine, it wasn't > possible to quit it. I guess this would have to run as a local > application on the client itself, something I will look into at a > later > date. >> The children seemed to gain access without any problems and >> although the >> attention was predominantly on flash games the network coped more >> than >> adequately. >> > Yep, it was great to see them just sit at the terminal and just get > started straight away. They found the Firefox icon straight away and > got started. There were also a couple of other visitors (mums of the > kids I presume) who managed to find the Gnome games. There wasn't > anyone who asked where the start menu was, they just clicked the > Applications menu and got started. >> It was good to see people other than the usual DCGLUG members >> enjoying >> using GNU/Linux technologies. LTSP really is a good solution for >> clustered desktop environments and it's a shame that we dont see >> enough >> of it in use..... its time will come soon I hope. >> > Well hopefully we can raise some more interest with community centres > around Devon & Cornwall now as we've got an LTSP installation up and > running now to demonstrate it actually working. > > Maybe if we can get one installed in Torbay we could then also try and > find community centres in other areas (say North Devon, Mid Devon, > West > Devon & Cornwall). > > Rob > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html Can you include me in this. Can you let me know costs and specs please. Thanks -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html