On 10/6/07, Benjamin Ducke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are going for a thin client setup, you definitely > want to consider NoMachine NX (or the FreeNX variety).
Thanks! Will look into this one. > However, with just 5 workplaces in the lab, why not use > full PC clients with local Linux OS and apps installed? The 5 thin-client setup would be more of a proof-of-concept showing that it works. But we intend to add additional thin clients once we made case that it is possible. Thanks! maning > > > > I am a new instructor on Basic GIS in a small college in the Philippines. > > We find it hard to request for a dedicated GIS lab for student to > > tinker around. In last term's basic GIS course, we used the > > foss4g2006 lausanne live-CD for our exercise using the schools generic > > computer lab. The live-cd works just fine, we basically set-up the > > samba server so that students can access Philippine datasets for the > > exercises. > > > > For this term, were trying out the ominiverdi live-cd. > > > > With constant lobbying, I finally persuaded the department to explore > > setting-up a dedicated GIS lab. No assurance on when and how will > > this initiative will go through, but I was asked to write a proposal > > on how do we plan to implement this project. > > > > I would like to ask this list on experiences in setting up a GIS lab > > for students (both for undergrad & graduate course). Initially, I > > have the following on my mind: > > > > hardware: 1 server, 5 thin clients > > OS: Linux LTSP route (debian-based) > > GIS applications: OSGEO stack (GRASS, QGIS, Mapserver) > > databse and stats: R, postgesql > > other apps: standard office applications (openoffice, firefox, pdf reader) > > online course management: moodle > > > > Any ideas on how we should go about this? One thing thats bugging me > > is, can LTSP setup handle GIS computing-intensive tasks using the thin > > clients. > > > > Apart from preparing the proposal, I am also looking for sponsors or > > where we can submit the proposal for possible funding. I know ESRI > > has this "altruistic" facility to schools. But I also want the lab as > > advocating for software freedom (as in speech) philosophy. Any > > org/institution we can ask for help? > > > > Any ideas would be helpful. > > > > cheers, > > > > maning > > > > -- > Benjamin Ducke, M.A. > Archäoinformatik > (Archaeoinformation Science) > Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte > (Inst. of Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) > Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel > Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6 > D 24098 Kiel > Germany > > Tel.: ++49 (0)431 880-3378 / -3379 > Fax : ++49 (0)431 880-7300 > www.uni-kiel.de/ufg > > _______________________________________________ > grassuser mailing list > [email protected] > http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser > -- |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| | __.-._ |"Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great." -Yoda | | '-._"7' |"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden| | /'.-c |Linux registered user #402901, http://counter.li.org/ | | | /T |http://esambale.wikispaces.com| | _)_/LI |http://www.geocities.com/esambale/philbiodivmap/philbirds.html | |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ grassuser mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser
