On 3/23/07, Cardon Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Robert and al. > > fat diskless setup have been around for already quite a while (see for > example the Solstice projet of the former Solunix startup > http://www.solunix.fr/solstice/principe.html warning : page in French). > This is indeed a great solution for multimedia apps compared to > --current-- state of the art LTSP. However, most of the limitation you > are mentioning are just minor technical issues. All of them can be > addressed with extension to current technologies, like network-optimized > pulseaudio, virtualGL, ltsp aware gstreamer framework etc.
Don't get me wrong I am a big LTSP advocate. No doubt these extensions will make the situation better but I don't think they are minor technical issues. Plus I don't think they will ever equal a fat diskless setup for multimedia or very intensive cpu apps. But for most things LTSP is awesome. > > To my mind LTSP is here to stay for a long time. LTSP is not only a way > of cutting IT cost, it is also a part of a revolution of the computing Here, Here. But I'm glad LTSP 5 is making local apps easier. I think this is a smart idea. > So I wouldn't say "LTSP future: local apps", I'd say "heavy multimedia > LTSP now: local apps". Okay maybe I should have included the word multimedia. In any case, I'm looking forward to LTSP 5+ developing into a system where clients can authenticate with LDAP so that all you will need to do is chroot into the LTSP tree and use yum or apt-get to install local apps. -- Robert Arkiletian Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/ C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
