On 14/06/12 06:40, theo.schm...@wilhelmtux.ch wrote:
Am 12.06.2012 23:02, wrote Faisal:
...
I have today found out more about the client machines and they are
better than what i expected. I am told they are Celeron dual core 2.4
GHz, 2 GB RAM & 40 GB HD. I will pick them up this coming Friday and
confirm. If they are as described, then I guess this falls into the
"beefy" category below. The organization is moving soon to another
building and that is where the installation will take place so i still
have some time to test things.
...
Hi Faisal,
I think such machines are a complete overkill for a LTSP setup. One of
the main advantages, less use of electricity and resources, is
completely negated. With more RAM, each one could easily act as the
terminal server!
With such machines, I would instead of LTSP set up a master computer
and a system for cloning this to the others, which is done at regular
intervals.
I do use LTSP myself and like it a lot, but if you do not have an
administrator handy, the school will be completely blocked if there is
a problem with the server.
Indeed, without an administrator and with such powerful machines, I
would use live images of edubuntu, to run from a read-only partition
of the hard disk or from personal USB-sticks of the users. A bit more
work setting this up, but afterwards very robust.
Cheers, Theo Schmidt
Hi Theo,
Based on the the specs that i am told the donated computers will have, i
agree with you that they can each on their own have a full OS installed
on each of them and the idea of an LTSP server kind of becomes
pointless. But i still have not received the computers yet and the specs
are just what i am told verbally. I am optimistic still, but will know
for sure when i pick them up tomorrow hopefully.
If they are as well specced then indeed that will give me a few options
to consider and i take on board all your ideas and suggestions. I will
keep you posted on how things progress.
Kind regards,
Faisal
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