On 06/11/2010 07:37 PM, Leon Hauck wrote: > Just thought I'd poll the group on the topic of Web Browsers. > > Currently we're running with 64bit Ubuntu 9.10, 6x 32bit clients, with > everything running on the server (no local apps). For a browser we're > using stock 64bit firefox with the 32bit flash plugin (I found > instructions on a wiki somewhere on how to set this up). While testing > I was able to watch videos on YouTube and some other odds and ends with > no problems. > > The main complaint is that the browser has a tendency to hang after 20 > or 30 minutes, usually when they're on a flash intensive site. > > 1) Would I be better off trying the 64bit Chrome web browser - the users > don't need skins or plugins or anything else - as long as Flash is > available. > > 2) Alternatively, should I try a local-apps setup (the TCs are fast > enough with sufficient memory) using the 32bit flash plugin? > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > > -- Leon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 >
Well, I am by no means even slightly an expert, but in our small ltsp lab, I opted to have flash and 32-bit firefox locally. While I haven't done any real scientific research, In my experience flash runs better as 32-bit, even though it doesn't run great on linux at all. The main reason I chose this setup, though, is because flash uses a TON of CPU on Linux, So I was afraid that if 10 users were to play farmville, then the server would get rather bogged down. However, at least on my setup, the local firefox can only automatically open things using applications that are locally installed, so you can't just right click in the download window and click open, so just be aware that users may get slightly confused at times. Anyways, my two cents, Chris Carpenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _____________________________________________________________________ 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
