I've been using LTSP for a while now, and lurking on the list ( for the most part ), for about 6 months. So far the only confusing thing that I've heard mentioned time and again is the term "Local Apps". It probably has to do with genetics or something silly, but could someone please clarify this term for me?
My understanding is that all applications are run from the server, and not locally from the terminals. In that respect, is there actually such a things as local apps at all? Could someone give me a clear idea on this?
You are correct that the applications by default run on the LTSP server. However, if you have fast processors and plenty of memory on your workstation, you can configure some applications to run locally on the workstation. This is referred to as "Local Apps".
For example, Mozilla is a CPU intensive application. It might require a very powerful server to support Mozilla for dozens of LTSP workstations. If you had the CPU and memory resources on the workstations (and couldn't afford a powerful server), you could configure Mozilla to run as a local application on the workstation. All the data is still stored on the server (via NFS).
The benefit of local apps is to off load the server.
Ken Cobler
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