On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 10:04:57AM -0800, Chris Gravenor wrote: > I'm going to write a proposal to test LTSP in my classroom and I hope > that I can get answers to some simple questions. > > In January all the teachers in my school will recieve a new computer > (dual core with 4 gigs RAM) that should be more then enough to run a > small LTSP network (2 to 4 clients). I'm hoping that while running as a > server, the techer's computer can also be used for other tasks > (emailing, entering marks, etc.). Am I correct in this assumption?
Yes. > I have seen that the server needs a 128 megs of RAM to run each client, > what does the client need to run off the server (cpu and RAM)? The latest docs for LTSP (upstream) are being maintained here: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LtspDocumentationUpstream See the "Sizing" section for a detailed explaination. > In our school you can log into any computer and be able to access your > files that you've kept on the server. Is it possible to easily setup my > classroom LTSP so that students can access their files in the wider > network? Depends. What acts as the server? Windows server? If so, you could smbmount the fileserver onto the LTSP server. > And lastly is there a HOWTO or method on locking down the clients > desktop from the server? See the docs, but in a nutshell: use Sabayon and/or mandatory settings in gconf. Cheers, Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. Systems Department | -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" Legal Aid Manitoba | -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
