openSUSE 11.2 development[1] started a while back, now that we have passed Milestone2, development work on KIWI-LTSP[2] using openSUSE 11.2 base has started, with that we get a host of new features.
The highlights of new packages: - Uses clicfs for NBD/AOE root image. Clicfs: Compressed Loop Image Container is a file system created by Stephan Kulow[3]. So we do not need squashfs and aufs anymore for LTSP images. Clicfs gives better compression, image size is about 10% smaller than same image created using squashfs. - Kernel 2.6.30 - New look[4] by Samyak Bhuta - New xorg, CONFIGURE_X in lts.conf no longer necessary The packages are available in server:ltsp[5] repository. Follow these instructions to test the development packages on already configured LTSP server: #Take backup so system can be restored as it is if something do go wrong mv /srv/kiwi-ltsp/i386.img /srv/kiwi-ltsp/i386-squashfs.img mv /srv/tftpboot/boot /srv/tftpboot/boot-old #remove current images rpm -e kiwi-ltsp-prebuilt kiwi-ltsp-bootimages --nodeps #add repository and install development packages zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/ltsp/openSUSE_11.1 server:ltsp zypper in kiwi-ltsp-bootimages-unstable kiwi-ltsp-prebuilt-unstable</code> Bugs, feature requests go on http://devzilla.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/ . See http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP#Communicate for more ways to give feedback. Happy testing... [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [2] http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP [3] http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/coolo/ [4] http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Live/Screenshots#openSUSE_thin_theme [5] http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/ltsp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _____________________________________________________________________ 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
