Hi Alkis, You're right, I hadn't thought about how Edubuntu's dissolution affects our loosely connected e-mail community. Thanks to those who have been leading our group for these many years. Do you suggest I re-post this question/answer to the ltsp-discuss list? The info that you gave is probably pretty important to many people world wide. Maybe a link to a blog-post containing this info at the bottom of the ltsp-pnp install page? Let me know.
Thanks for all this info. I figure I can decode most/all of this as I get to that stage (and may ask for further detail at some point). It's also reassuring that you are available for hire as needed! Hope your school year ends peacefully, David On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Άλκης Γεωργόπουλος <alk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > since Edubuntu is no longer developed, it's probably better to use the > ltsp-discuss mailing list instead. > > Sticking to 14.04 vs moving to 16.04: I'll be using/supporting 16.04 > that has systemd, while 14.04 doesn't. So while 14.04 probably works > fine now, and it will probably continue working fine, it might not get > any new ltsp/epoptes versions via the Greek schools PPA. > > 32-bit vs 64-bit: my rule of thumb is, if all your systems are 64bit > and have at least 2 MB RAM, then go for amd64, otherwise install i386. > > Testing: I don't know of any bugs etc that need testing. Note that > I'll probably be using the Ubuntu MATE version, so this will receive > the most testing from my side. > > Cloning: For the Greek schools, we have created repositories and > packages so that we install Ubuntu and then install a special > "secondary-school" or "primary-school" etc package, that pulls all the > software and does all the customizations that we need. > In your case, to avoid the packaging overhead, I'd propose to do all > the customizations with a simple script that would do things like: > add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ts.sch.gr > apt update > apt --yes dist-upgrade > apt --yes install ltsp-server-etc-etc-etc > cat >/etc/config/file <<EOF > some text here... > EOF > > This would result in classrooms *not* having the same ssh keys or > machine IDs, and having reproducible installations, while the script > would probably be compatible with both 14.04 and 16.04. > > If your scripting skills aren't enough for that, then I would maintain > a master installation in an external USB stick or disk, and after > booting with that in the target computer, I would run: > # clone from stick to hard disk: > dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda > # move the swap partition to the end of the hard disk, > # and expand the ubuntu partition to cover all the first disk: > gparted /dev/sda >
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