I hadn't realized how nice the support for fat clients was in LTSP until I looked at the docs. Especially in a mixed thin/fat environment (where you're buying machines to replace thin clients over time), it seems like this might be the way to go. The one thing I didn't see right off was how to tell each client, based on MAC address I assume, which image to load--either thin or fat. I assume you do that in the lts.conf file.
Todd On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Oliver Grawert <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > Am Sonntag, den 14.11.2010, 19:23 -0500 schrieb Jonathan Carter > (highvoltage): >> I looked at the DRBL docs, and couldn't see anything it provides that >> ltsp fat clients doesn't already do. Could you elaborate on why you >> believe that it's a "no-brainer"? > last time i looked at DRBL (which is admittedly several years ago) it > was built in a way that massively modifies config files, adds scripts > that unconditionally change system setup in a way that the package > system isnt aware and broken existing setups without checks etc. in that > state it wasnt integrateable at all in a distro. > > as i said, i dont know what changed within the last years, probably it > got better nowadays but at my time as active LTSP developer it seemed > more sane and less work to integrate fat clients in a sensible way than > trying to make the DRBL scripts and setup work in an unintrusive way. > > ciao > oli > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
