OT and getting more so, but there is a k12 ltsp version out,
specifically for schoools. Search for k12ltsp.
--Yan
A. John Peters wrote:
> I am doing this now with 8 NIC PCs from www.ThinkNic.com The device is
> about 200. I am using Redhat 7.1 on a dual processor Pentium 2 400 PC
> with 512 mbyes of memory. I am actually getting reasonable response on
> a 56kb modem and good response on Cable and T1 lines.
>
> At 05:56 PM 8/23/01 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> Moluh Njilie wrote:
>>
>> > I am a newbie to the list. I would like to set up a
>> > classroom with about 10 computers (low capacity) and a
>> > server, all running linux 7.0. I then would install
>> > Star Office 5.2 on the server and let the 10 clients
>> > access and use it.
>> >
>> > 1- Is this possible?
>>
>> Of course! This was possible (and routine) over 10 years
>> ago. The server would have been a unix box running the
>> applications (as X clients - the X client/server thing
>> can be confusing) and the clients would have been either
>> unix workstations (running an X server) or X-server terminals.
>>
>> > 2- Is VNC appropriate for this?
>>
>> Yes, although the protocol is probably heavier than X, you
>> wouldn't need much horsepower in the clients. In fact, I'd
>> love to see somebody come up with a floppy-based VNC that
>> boots a skeleton OS, display driver & Vncviewer. I'm not
>> sure what sort of load 10 instances of vncserver would put
>> on the server - not much, I'd imagine (it's probably less
>> than an X server?) - I'd worry more about 10 staroffices...
>>
>> Have a look at www.ltsp.org - the linux terminal server
>> project. This acheives a similar thing to what you're trying
>> to do, but with (I think) diskless workstations that boot
>> a linux image through the network & run local applications
>> on X. It's probably easier than rolling your own setup with
>> VNC & local installations of linux on each workstation.
>>
>> --
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