+1 for me. Ubuntu back porting policy is horrible and the last stable LTSP version is (have to say) still 4.2 where everything just worked. Unfortunately lots of new applications / desktops just need some recent X server so you are forced to LTSP-5. I must say I have already given up - I submitted several bug reports and none really cared. So I will stay with LTSP & Ubuntu Hardy (its LTS anyway) with my own patches that make it at least working fine.
The long term strategy is to get rid of thin clients. Why? The biggest problem is that you have to constantly fight with the pixmap problem in FF and Openoffice. You need a thin client with at least 0.5Gb RAM to make it working with LTSP-5 and these apps. Ooooh use NBD to swap you say? Never. NBD is not designed to be used this way and will sooner or later lead to a kernel deadlock. Everyone seems to know it but none really care. I can not afford this - I need a stable client that always work. LTSP looks like it will be fighting with these problems forever. As it was already said - it is nice for non-profitable institutions or smaller companies, but it is simple not stable enough to be widely accepted. Ondrej >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Jordan Erickson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Heh, sorry David, I was cut/pasting on my Asus EEE. What I meant was, >>> >>> "For example, FIREFOX doesn't crash during normal browsing or using Java >>> applets" >>> >>> I.E. - probably shouldn't have used that abbreviation, at least in the >>> context of browsers - although your refined statement DOES tend to make >>> more sense. ;) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jordan >>> >>> David Burgess wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Jordan Erickson >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> [snip]... >>>> >>>> >>>>> (I.E. don't crash consistently >>>>> during normal browsing or using Java applets) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ...[snip] >>>> >>>> Hmm, that's worded a bit roughly. How to fix that. Let's try >>>> >>>> "IE doesn't crash consistently during normal browsing" >>>> >>>> Reads better, but it still doesn't make sense. How about >>>> >>>> "IE does crash consistently during normal browsing" >>>> >>>> Maybe, but it's not really in agreement with your original statement, >>>> so it's a bit of a stretch. One more try. >>>> >>>> "IE crashes inconsistently during normal browsing" >>>> >>>> I think we have it now: grammatically correct and effectively in >>>> agreement with what you wrote. Don't mention it. >>>> >>>> (Sorry, couldn't resist :) >>>> >>>> db >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
