On 7/13/06, Roj Jer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Words from yet another newbie... please be patient. > > Career Microsoft folks (like myself) wanting to move from the Microsoft > community to the Open Source Linux community face enormous challenges when > first arriving in the neighborhood. We don't understand the "lingo" or even > where to go to find anything that looks vaguely familiar. > > I have been recruited to help design and implement a computer lab for a > neighborhood private school (K-12). The largest factor was $$COST$$. They > have a big need and a small budget. They've received a donation of 30+ > 100Mhz Pentium PC's with 64Mb Ram, 1GB Hard Disk, and 10/100 Nics. The cost > of implementing new "Dell's" was around $15,000... (way over budget). What > is the budget? The least expensive method possible. So, my research has > begun. I thought about Citrix on a Microsoft Server, but there were all of > the licensing $$COST$$. So, I considered researching Open Source solutions. > > I got super pumped when I Googled "Open Source Linux Terminal Server" and > the 2nd item was titled, "K12 Linux in Schools Project". I read all of the > "Testimonials" and "Case Studies" and determined that this was a perfect > match. > > I downloaded the K12LTSP 4.4.1 - Install CD-ROMs and commenced to installing > it on a donated 1.4GHz AMD PC with 4GB of RAM. I emulated an Ethernet > bootrom on the client PC's by booting from a floppy disk created from the > http://www.Rom-O-Matic.net site. Within an hour after having the LTSP server > online, I had 3 of the 100MHz Pentium PC's connected and working. > > Super! Great! But that seems to be where the Magic ends. > > And now the point! > > In the Windows world it is easy to configure the "All Users" Start Menu > (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu), or customize a Start Menu > for a particular user. You can customize the Default User environment (local > machine) as a template for subsequent new users. > When incorporating Citrix into the Mix, you can install software on the > Citrix server and "Publish" the application for a particular user or group. > > My questions: > > 1) How / Where do you configure LTSP to segregate "Teachers" from > "Students", "3rd Grade" from "12th Grade", so that each "group" gets the > appropriate desktop and program menu respective to their roles in the > school? A 3rd Grader does not need the same applications, shortcuts, etc as > a 12th Grader. > > 2) What are other schools using for URL filtering and Surf Control to keep > students from "stumbling" across Porn Sites or any other topic deemed > "inappropriate"? > > Thanks for your patience. > > > RJ
One tip I picked up here... (from Scott B. I think) Use Icewm. Create wrapper scripts to start applications. Assign group ownership to the various scripts. E.g. "firefox" group. Group read-only permissions. Users who are group members see the option in start menu, users not in the group, do not. (icewm magic) Icewm menus are very simple to modify -- text files. Of course, you'll have to fill in some gaps, but that will get you started in the right direction. bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
