On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 10:41 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: > Does anyone think local installs of Knoppix or Damn Small Linux running from > a local HD > or flash drive in these laptops would be a good suggestion? Something like > this would > loose some eye-candy but should run great with the stated hardware. Then the > wireless > could be used for Internet Access, Central Auth (LDAP), and possibly NFS > homes such as
54mb router. 20 clients = 3mb each. I'm not sure i can agree running NFS homes over 3mb wireless is a good idea tbh. > Gavin suggested. There are many solutions for mass cloning that I'm sure > could be > figured out fairly quick. The ongoing maintainace is the real kicker. > > If you wanted to stick with an Ubuntu derivative I'd definitely stick with > Xubuntu. > This will run much better with a local install than Ubuntu or Kubuntu. The > window > manager is largely what limits your hardware. I've ran Xubuntu on an 800Mhz > PIII with > 256RAM and it performed fairly well. I too would not suggest trying to run > any type of > LTSP over wireless, you'll end up writing another letter of frustration :-) I have to agree with the LTSP over wireless comments - try not to(!). kk > > Jim > > > -- Karl Goetz, Debian user / Ubuntu contributer / gNewSense contributer http://www.kgoetz.id.au -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
