On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Srinivasu Raju Gadiraju <[email protected]> wrote:
> Which Linux Distro is best for Server-Thin Client environment. "Best" is of course subjective. Ubuntu, Debian and Suse appear to be the most active based on the dialogue I have seen on this list. We use Ubuntu at my college. I would recommend you use the distro you are most comfortable with if it's well supported. > How to build a server which is well suited for Linux Server OS and LTSP > (with config) You'll have to be more specific on your requirements before anyone can give you an answer of any value there. > How to install Linux and LTSP (From my small research this should be pretty > straight but just wanted to have this in the list for more suggestions) With Ubuntu you can install LTSP directly with the server install by using the F4 option. Once installed you will need to build your chroot environment following the wiki. > Do we need branded thin clients or can we use locally available non branded > thin clients (Any specific config to look for??). Generally if the hardware is compatible with your distro then there shouldn't be a problem. For example, most of our thin clients are based on Intel's D510MO board with generic RAM. We also have a couple HP models that work well. > How to configure and manage thin clients. There's plenty of documentation on the lts.conf file. Specific questions can come to the list. > Can we have Active Directory?? For what? > The basic applications we want the thin clients to access are > > Firefox/chrome web browser. > Open Office suite. > Network Printer. > Other utilities. Sure. > Kindly help us in providing the info/source/document so that we can build a > perfect lab for Community college. I would suggest you start by consulting the documentation that is specific to your distribution and start testing. If you have specific questions that you can't find the answer to then this list is a good place to come, and there is an IRC channel of good repute as well. Good luck, and welcome to the community. db ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
