Netlive for: Life after LTSP

2010-11-13 Thread M. Fioretti
On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 12:34:29 PM -0800, Robert Arkiletian (rob...@gmail.com) wrote: In my opinion, the days of LTSP are numbered. For a few different reasons. 1) hardware is so cheap now. You can buy a brand new power efficient and fast desktop system for about $200 (not including

DRBL and Technology

2010-11-13 Thread Jim Christiansen
OK... I give! ;-) Robert A. (aka: of Fl_TeacherTool fame) came by for a visit last summer with his beautiful family and explained to me, among other things, how DRBL worked. I had read about it a year earlier and even grabbed the scripts but didn't go any further with it (I've been terribly

Re: Netlive for: Life after LTSP

2010-11-13 Thread Robert Arkiletian
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:57 AM, M. Fioretti mfiore...@nexaima.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 12:34:29 PM -0800, Robert Arkiletian (rob...@gmail.com) wrote: In my opinion, the days of LTSP are numbered. For a few different  reasons. I kind of regret putting it that way. How I really feel

Re: Life after LTSP

2010-11-13 Thread Asmo Koskinen
12.11.2010 18:07, Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti: So let's find out what DRBL or LTSP can do with it or with much more powerful machine like Duo Core Atom/ION. I can use this weekend and few days in next week for testing. I have now both DRBL and LTSP setup. Both setup uses two NICs. NAT and local

Re: Netlive for: Life after LTSP

2010-11-13 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 10:22:36 AM -0800, Robert Arkiletian (rob...@gmail.com) wrote: Netlive looks very interesting. Especially for almost zero setup time. A live distro that serves out another live distro. Well done. DRBL does something similar, you guys may be able to collaborate with them.

VS: Life after LTSP

2010-11-13 Thread Jarkko Joensuu
Hi Asmo, DRBL uses fat client. LTSP is capable both thin and fat. Which one you have in ltsp test environment? -- Jarkko 12.11.2010 18:07, Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti: So let's find out what DRBL or LTSP can do with it or with much more powerful machine like Duo Core Atom/ION. I can use this

Re: Life after LTSP

2010-11-13 Thread Asmo Koskinen
13.11.2010 23:28, Jarkko Joensuu kirjoitti: DRBL uses fat client. LTSP is capable both thin and fat. Which one you have in ltsp test environment? Fat. Of course there is thin, too. sudo ltsp-build-client --arch i386 --chroot i386-fat --fat-client --fat-client-desktop ubuntu-desktop