John, I think what you have just said needs to make it into the first paragraph of any LTSP HOWTO.
LTSP is really great, except for this perpetual reliance on M$ products from end-users on some stupid Encarta or "Educational Game" which could probably indoctrinate the kid that MS-products are the best in the world! Hamish > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John > McCreesh > Sent: 23 July 2002 08:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution > > > Check carefully what your users want to do. Make sure you have a Linux > equivalent for *all* their applications. I'm willing to bet there will > be a few 'must have' applications that are Windoze only. You probably > need to reserve one PC as a Windoze ghetto just to run those apps. Put > it in a really distant corner of the campus - the janitors' broom > cupboard is perfect. > > And what do they use those scanners and CD-ROMs for? I know LTSP is > improving all the time, but I don't think it can handle scanners or > CD-ROMS attached to workstations. One shared scanner attached to the > server may not be quite what they want. > > If you're still ok, I'd suggest you take one of the nodes that they're > happy to let you trash and set it up temporarily as an LTSP server. > Create a few boot floppies for a couple of other nodes and you can set > up enough of a 'proof of concept' to convince yourself and your client > that you know what you're doing without having done anything > irreversible (except to the one node you trashed). > > If everyone's still happy, you can then think about rebuilding the > server with lots more RAM. It's cheap, and you may well find you don't > need any of the horrors of local apps or local swap. If your clients > really want the hard disks used, you can write a little script to make > the hard disk lights flash from time to time. That way they get what > they want and they never have to back up all those disks :-) > > The golden rule is to keep it as simple as possible - i.e. everything on > the server, nothing on the client - unless there is some massive massive > reason for doing otherwise. > > IMHO - John > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:04:21 +0530 > "Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a tight budget. > > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes. > > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a DSL connection > > using a usb modem. > > > > The nodes P III, 450 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB HDD. Some have cdroms > > some scanners. All the NICs are Rl8193 > > > > I plan to use RH 7.0 or RH 7.2. I will be using ltsp obviously. The > > server ram has to increase too. Right now they have the usual MS > > works and paying too much of licence and other things associated with > > MS. I have them a suggestion to switch to Linux. The accepted the > > offer. Their only request is that they need to utlise each node's > > harddisk. They would be using Netscape, StarOffice, Java and the usual > > stuff for schools. I have some knowledge in Linux but not > > successfully in installing ltsp on my home systems. I think I can use > > local applications and would use each harddisk etherboot to the server > > using etherboot's lilo option. So I need you people's assistance in > > what would be the best way. > > > > Thanks > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
