The way it sounds here you put LTSP on top of a linux distro and
tried to do the integration work yourself. While it is certainly
possible to do this, it's not something I'd recommend for someone
that isn't very familiar with linux or very interested in learning
all the "techie stuff".
You'd be much better off using a linux distribution that is built to
do LTSP out of the box. K12LTSP, ubuntu/edubuntu, and Debian edu
would be good examples. The mailing lists and WIkis for these distros
are also going to be much more newbie friendly than a list like this
which tends to have "higher level" users. That makes it a great place
to escalate complicated questions and developer questions, but not as
good for supporting how to get feature M working on distro Z.
My experience with windows (I grew up using DOS and windows, still
fix many windows machines to this day. I am typing this from a
MacBook and also run a small collection of linux machines) is that it
works ok 85% of the time, and when it has problems, they are either
simple fixes 12% of the time, or irreparably broken 3% of the time,
(meaning you are better off just reinstalling than trying to fix it).
On linux the breakdown is more like 92/7/1. When linux is working
fine, about 92% of the time, I find it easier to use than windows.
The middle case of minor problems happens less often on linux but
seems to be more difficult to fix. The worst case scenario almost
never happens on linux, catastrophic software failure that requires a
wipe and reinstall. Of course both are equally affected if hardware
completely dies. Linux tends to do old hardware and common hardware
better than windows, but at the cost of newer oddball stuff that few
people have.
I say all of this because I don't want you to give up too easily.
You sound like you are a fairly competent windows user. Probably a
power user who is pretty decent at administering a windows machine.
People with your level of skill tend to overestimate the difficulty
of linux in general because they don't realize how much expertise
they have built up compared to an average user. (Most average users
can't even network a windows machine without help.) In the linux
world most (but not all) of that knowledge disappears and you get
reset to newbie level, which is incredibly frustrating for someone
who is used to having that level of knowledge. Trust me on this one.
Patience is the key. You didn't learn all your windows smarts all at
once, in fact, if you were anything like me it was almost
unconscious. Over a long period of time you pick up so much stuff
that you don't even realize how much you've learned compared to a
newbie or basic user.
In summary, try a distro that does LTSP out of the box and go slowly
from there.
On Nov 14, 2006, at 5:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Over a week ago I came across this site
> http://ebusiness.gbdirect.co.uk/case_studies/xterminal.html
> which led me to look further into LTSP, & even though I had strong
> reservations
> (a previous brush with Linux 10 years ago had left me thoroughly
> unimpressed
> as I had found it even more complicated than Windows at the time)I
> decided to
> have a go at setting one up as I have all the necessary equipment
> on hand;
> despite carefully reading through many web pages, downloading all
> the necessary
> files & trying to make sense of the many instructions I came
> across, it has
> been quite impossible since then for me to connect 2 computers (a
> diskless
> terminal to a server) a task I can achieve in a matter of minutes
> under
> Windows.
>
> So once again, I am left thoroughly disappointed with Linux, & this
> latest
> episode has only confirmed the conclusions I came to long ago, that
> Linux is
> basically not user friendly & something designed by boffins for
> boffins, which
> is a great shame as I find the objectives of the Linux movement very
> commendable & would love to promote them & to see Microsoft knocked
> off it's
> perch.
>
> Regrettably, it appears that I have little choice but to carry on
> with Windows
> (or go over to Apple) unless you guys can come up with something a
> lot more
> user friendly than you have done so far.
>
> Despite everything, I would still like to have a go at creating a
> home network
> using LTSP (if only to establish that it is possible) & I look
> forward to
> hearing from you.
>
> Yours sincerely
> JBW
>
>
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