Howdy, Michael Murray is making excellent progress with the LTSP project, as you can read in his following report.
However, he needs some help with sound configuration and installation of Scribus(?), which seems to be a word processor of some kind. He will also need some help with further tweaks such as firewall tuning and security hardening. It looks like the system is connected to the Internet, so remote administration is possible. If you are interested in helping out a great Linux advocacy project right here in Louisiana, please join the LTSP mailing list (http://www.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/ltsp_brlug.net) and give us a shout. If you don't know what the LTSP project is about, here ya go: LTSP - Louisiana Project Mailing List The BRLUG LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project (http://www.ltsp.org) mailing list exists to provide an on-line community for BRLUG members to facilitate the creation of Linux-based client-server systems suitable for small computer labs and networks for various educational, public and private institutions in the state of Louisiana. Thanks! John Hebert --- Michael Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From Michael Murray Wed Sep 29 20:14:04 2004 > From: Michael Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:14:04 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ltsp] Installation report: St. Joseph > Catholic School in > Ponchatoula > > The St. Joseph Catholic School installation went > well. It was > particularly handy to have Sabrina Duhe's > assistance, with her > experience as Trafton Academy's sysadmin. We brought > up the server and > four terminals easily, the only problem resulting > from my attempt to > use three 14" monitors that just wouldn't work in an > X-windows > environment. I ducked out to my nearby warehouse and > brought back 15" > replacements that came up fine; we look forward to > getting some 17s > from CACRC soon. By the time I returned, Sabrina and > Mel Dressel were > well along in setting up users and dealing with > other configuration > issues in a focused and professional manner. We > installed the printer > without difficulty, and the system is ready for use: > > Dell PowerEdge 2300 dual PII 400MHz server with > 384MB RAM and two 4.5GB > SCSI drives > Four Micron Millennia P1 thin clients with 32MB RAM > and PXE-bootable > 3Com 3C905C-TXM ethernet cards > 3Com 12-port dual speed hub > Lexmark 4039-10plus laser printer: has Postscript > emulation for snappy > printing > > We are all feeling pleased with ourselves. > Personally, I'm delighted to > see the beginnings of a Louisiana K12LTSP user > community. > > The system is connected to the school's T1 line, so > remote access setup > should be a simple matter. Not simple enough for me, > however, as I am > absolutely clueless where to begin. I must again > defer to the BRLUG for > support. My competence is limited to hardware > configuration and system > installation; otherwise I'm a rank noob. > > I think it would be prudent to let the school use > the system for a > couple weeks' shakedown before we contemplate > changes. By that time Mel > should be in a better position to know what issues > need addressing. > > We went with v3.12 on our first system because of > video issues with the > IBM 300GL terminals, and I followed suit with this > install even though > we used Micron P1 clients. Sound is important in a > school environment, > but I know from following the K12LTSP maillist that > it can be > challenging to implement, and really needs the > Fedora 2-based v4.1. > Perhaps we should consider an early upgrade at both > sites. New video > cards (I have plenty) in the IBM clients should work > with the newer > release. The upgrade should be within my > capabilities, but we could use > a competent volunteer to assist with sound > configuration. > > Also, Sabrina is eager to use Scribus to produce > Trafton's school > newspaper and needs help with its installation. > > I'm having a lot of fun with this project. We really > are turning old > junk into some pretty slick systems, and we're just > getting started. > > Michael Murray > > > _______________________________________________ > Ltsp mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/ltsp_brlug.net > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
