Oliver Grawert wrote: > hi, > Am Dienstag, den 12.06.2007, 12:04 +0200 schrieb Dean Mumby: > >> Jim Anderson wrote: >> >>> I've tested this $100 computer as a thin client with K12LTSP and it >>> works fine one you set it to boot from the NIC: >>> >>> http://www.ewayco.com/51-embedded-systems-100-PC-mini-ITX-low-cost/100-tu-low-cost-pc-thin-client-embedded-system.html >>> >>> It comes with a 200 MHz CPU and 128 MB RAM. The shared video memory >>> can be set to a number of settings. 8 or 16 MB works fine. I have >>> tested the sound, so I can't say whether it works or not with K12LTSP. >>> >> Has anyone tested it with edubuntu ? will the 200mhz be enough for all >> the encrypting/decrypting of traffic ? >> Also how does pulseaudio work with them ? >> > we are using these little thingies in the ltsp developer crowd a bit atm > to get ltsp running properly on them. the encryption is only a problem > if you start playing video or so, pulseaudio wouldnt be a problem if the > soundcard would have a supported alsa driver which is apparently in the > works upstream, so we should see it for gutsy. > > the biggest problem with this device and ltsp 5 is currently the > boottime hich is with feisty's ltsp hilariously long. the device has > also a specialized framebuffer device so the bootsplash doent work with > the default kernel. > > we (at ltsp.org) are working on getting ltsp for that the device to a > reasonable state for gutsy (new ldm with an unencrypted mode for X but > still encrypted passwords, fast X detection, new squashfs/unionfs > architecture and indeed the matching alsa drivers), but for feisty you > are best off with using a static xorg,conf via an lts.conf option, to > switch off the splash in your PXE config and not use ldm (not because of > the CPU not handling the encryption but it starts up very slow on that > machine) by defining SCREEN_07=startx, that should get you a bearable > bootspeed. > > ciao > oli > Well that sounds very encouraging , I will be deploying feisty with standard PII 400mhz but , for the next lab I was hoping to go with something with lower power consumption. Thank fully you are working on it , so by the time gutsy comes out these may be a viable option for schools. Will the 200mhz be sufficient if the encryption on all traffic is removed for playing video/audio ?
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