Rachel, I am currently working on converting the public workstations in my 3rd public library in New Jersey serving a combined total population of almost 90,000 residents. The results are great. Only a handful of patrons even noticed that they are not using Windows and the staff only knows that they don't have to reboot the *&%$#% things 6 times a day.
We have converted both the OPACs and the Internet Kiosks and added word processing to the public workstations. In one library (some photos are available at http://www.elbnet.com/fanwood ) we used ThinkNICs, in the second we recycled their old Pentium 90 machines by popping in a new NIC and the current project involves recycling some old HP Vectras. On the Web site mentioned above there are also some links to materials that we handed out at a presentation that we gave for the New Jersey Library Association, included a cost analysis prepared by the Director of the Fanwood Library. If you email me off the list I'd me glad to send you the email addresses of the library directors so you can get their perspective on Linux. Just think: No more Fortress! :-) No more freezing, crashing, rebooting! Uptime measured in hundreds of days! The transition was seamless, we simply moved one machine at a time from the Windows world to the LTSP network. We also implemented a timed session feature in the 2nd library and Windows to Linux and Linux to Windows printing to utilize existing equipment as much as possible. The hardest part of all the installations was the "sale" to the Library Boards but once the Directors were on board that was pretty straight forward. If you do decide to go LTSP (or if you have specific questions) please feel free to contact me. I can help with some of the "lock down" issues. Pete -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Service, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting Rachel Cole wrote: > > I am the Network Administrator for the Petersburg Public Library and I am thinking >about proposing the use of X Terminals for Internet use for our Public. I would like >to know if anyone has done this already and if so was it difficult to get your > patron's and staff used to using an X Terminals as opposed to using a Windows >machine. I feel that using Linux X Terminals in the Library will benefit us in the >long run as far as cost of operation is concerned. > > Thanks for your help and advice > > > > Rachel A. Cole > Network Coordinator > Petersburg Public Library > Petersburg, VA 23803 > (804)733-2387 X 28 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
