Hi, On Wed, 09 Jan 2008, Uwe Geercken wrote:
> Iam very excited, as I got the go-ahead and have ordered the parts > for the server for our local school. Congratulations. > btw: is anybody interested to get a documentation/tutorial from A to > Z? so screenprints, list of parts, setup, etc. I daresay that would be useful alright. > the other thing I thought about was to install the 64bit version of > edubuntu on the server. would that be something you recommend to get > additional performance out of the system. or - taking possible > problems - would it be better to stay with 32 bit? would there be a > limitation on the client side, if I have a 64 bit server running? Opinions vary but for me, I'd go with 32-bit edubuntu on 64-bit hardware for now. My reasons include: - Adobe flash plugin is only available on 32-bit (yes you can maybe get it working on 64-bit using 32-bit firefox but it's very messy). Gnash only sort of works now. - Java only seems to be packaged well on 32-bit (I'm running gutsy 64-bit and there's no Sun Java Plugin, though there is the gcj one) - Any other proprietary software you need may be quite awkward on 64-bit (hardware RAID reporting software, ...?) - You will need to build a 32-bit chroot environment for the thin clients, though that's not a big deal. - 32-bit is better tested in general. Not to say that 64-bit is untested by any means, but 32-bit is still what most people use. As I say, I'm using a 64-bit desktop myself, but I'm not sure I'd give it to a school full of non-technical people. You can if you need to install the 32-bit -server- kernel which will give you use of the extra memory above 4GB. Later on, when 64-bit is less of a minority thing and you have free time you can reinstall with the 64-bit version. I guess you could call this the conservative view of things. Gavin -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
