hello,

after going through lstp documentation and after searching the web, and 
this mailing archive, I'm still confused if ltsp is what I need for my 
purpose:

- as opposed to thin client provided by ltsp (based on xdmcp), I wish -
ideally - to be able to have a client that runs locally all applications,
including X, as it were a classic linux desktop.

why I need this:
- for a small office lan
- I have tree pc, all the same class and aproximatelly the same cpu-power 
and ram; oll of them are powerful enough (AMD 1.1 GHz, 256 RAM, etc)
and quite identical, only the vide cards are bit different (on server: 
gefrce mx2, on the other two rivatnt)
- obviously, I don't want to have three different linux-es installed on 
that three pc-s.
- but in the same time I don't want to waste the resurces of those two 
(cpu, ram) and have only one (the server) that do all the work
- I don't want even to have the same fully functional distro from server 
duplicated on /opt/ltps/i386 (file by file)

question:
- is ltsp what I really need for these purposes? if not, please point me 
to the correct solution
- in "9.4. Application Configuration" section of ltsp doc it's said that:
  "So, the cleanest way to handle this is to have a complete tree with
   all of the binaries and libraries that the workstation will need,
   independent of the server binaries and libraries"

   can I avoid duplicating distro on server? suposing I update a packet
   or I install a new app, I have to do copy all it's files to
   /opt/ltps/i386, which is adding unwanted administration complexity

   how I can avoid this and reach my goal?

please help with this issue. if it's needed I can provide more details. 
the linux distro I'm using it's mandrake 9.0

thank you,
  radu



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