Check into the K12LTSP project, I use it at the library in vermilion parish for card catalog terminals. http://www.k12ltsp.org/ It works great, and there is not much to configure.
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:07:27 -0500, Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there is any work that needs to be done out here around lafayette, I > would be more than happy to help, but school pretty much has me pinned > down with work and stuff. > > I know we have talked about doing this before and am glad to see the > project finally get started. > best of luck > > --mat > > > > John Hebert wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > Michael Murray, of Gecko Computers, has asked the > > BRLUG for help in setting up Linux Terminal Server for > > the CLK (Computers for Louisiana Kids) Project, which > > is a subproject of the CACRC (Capital Area Corporate > > Recycling Council). > > > > Michael and I met with David Grant, the CLK > > Coordinator, yesterday morning and we showed him what > > Linux was about and did a test install of LTSP on a > > server box designated for a school near Ponchatoula. > > > > I am not that familiar with LTSP, but it looks pretty > > neat. We installed version 4.1.0, but it needs to be > > tweaked a bit; such as trimming down the available > > applications for student users, creating the user > > accounts, etc. Basically, it needs to be setup and > > tested with a couple of terminals so that Michael can > > deliver it to the target school. > > > > This is being seen as a pilot project for CLK to show > > that LTSP can be used to re-purpose old Pentium I and > > II boxen with Linux and then given to Louisiana > > schools. The alternative is to junk perfectly good > > boxes capable of running Linux, since schools think > > they must have newer boxes to run the latest bloaty > > Windows incarnation. > > > > We need help. If you are familiar with configuring > > LTSP, please respond. If you aren't familiar but would > > like to help anyway, please respond. I am hoping to > > get a small group together via a new mailing list > > (tentatively [EMAIL PROTECTED]) to help this effort > > along. > > > > David Grant expressed much interest in Linux. They > > sell a _lot_ of good, used computers and I could see > > the potential to put Linux on every one of them. In > > fact, he is testing Knoppix and partimage right now as > > a tool to image hard drives for duplication on > > multiple machines. > > > > The LTSP server is ready and is basically sitting on a > > workbench at the CACRC, waiting for final > > configuration before delivery. Note: I hadn't ever > > installed LTSP before, but 4.1.0, based on Fedora, was > > a breeze to install. > > > > We also need help with configuring some network cards > > to boot off the LTSP server. I'm not exactly sure what > > needs to be done here. > > > > This is a really good project to show what can be done > > with Linux to improve education in Louisiana and it > > has a lot of potential to become much bigger. Please > > help. > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us Personal: http://www.melancon.org
