Thanks to everyone for their information on client hardware I need a few more tips on good client hardware.
I am about to setup a small test lab of 5 clients Desired client: ======================================= - Mass produced, commonly found high volume Dell, Compaq, HP - Works without manual config with EdUbuntu and possibly Ubuntu also -Pentium 3 1000MHz or faster - Can be a large tower or small form factor - Sound chip on motherboard works with Edubuntu out of the box - Network card can boot to server, no floppy, no HD, No CD or No USB booting needed. - Accepts SDRAM 100 DIMM I have tons of that. - Fan noise not an issue - mouse and keyboard can be USB or PS/2 connector - One free USB port after connecting mouse and keyboard I'm not really worried about the video chip on the motherboard being compatible with Edubuntu because I have access to piles of identical AGP video cards that have 8mb of fast Video Ram and are all the same Rom level. I have piles of cards with various chipsets. If the onboard video needs manual config then I will just use BIOS to disable the onboard VGA and pop in an AGP video card that works out of the box with Edubuntu. What I do not want in a client =========================== - network card needs driver adjustments - sound card needs new driver downloaded, only works with some apps - motherboard has quirks that can be fixed by manually editing config files - hard for students to properly shut down the client - has no USB ports - Only accepts some rare RAM type or rare RAM MHz. I have tons of experience with Ubuntu 5,6,7 and Moodle. But I'm new to Edubuntu. Thanks, Joe -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
