Quoting David Burgess <[email protected]>: > >> 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. >
You don't need machines design specifically as "thin clients" at all, any old desktop or laptop will also work - though there might be specific hardware problems to iron out in lts.conf, but really most hardware will work. If it has a network boot option, then your are pretty much ready to go with it. If it doesn't there are ways round that. Note also that some bought thin clients are simply Windows terminal services clients, which will not work with GNU/Linux based LTSP. Be careful about what you buy, it sounds like and using a few (formerly) obsolete desktops/laptops you have lying around would works really well if you are short on cash. The spec you need to run LTSP is very low by recent standards. Cheers, == From Ben Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
