On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:37:19 +0100, Edrich de Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all > > I have a problem at the school whos computers I do. > > I have about 12 computers, to be used as a small internet cafe, where > the students can print browse ect. > > The school does not have money for potent servers, > and this is the specs of the 12 computers > 700mhz > ram varing from 64 mb to 128 mb , two or three with 256 > crappy cdroms > network boot capable onboard lan cards > and 7 has 10 g harddrives. > > network is still o be installed, but will be 10/100mb > > would it be woth while to make these into thin clients? > remember, only 7 of the comnputers can boot atm, so I could use two or > three as a small server. > > any suggestions on what to do, Or if I should just install some basic > form of linux on them o what? > > thanx > > edd I would say these would make great thin clients. You will need a server that is faster than a celeron 700 if you wish to give people what users often expect in terms modern desktop performance, though it depends on your users. It would deffinatley need to have lots more RAM. You will need to make the network all 100Mb for best performance. If you go for putting small linux distros on them, then be aware that the time taken to do this on each machine, the admin of sorting all the faults and the very slow boot times will all be annoying factors. Damn Small Linux is a good one though. -- From Ben Green Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
