Just an idea, can we make a site and have a set of topics and slide presentations for
the topics
so that PLUG members can do their stuff to promote Linux in their own little way,
because the material is already their,
speacially for pluggers that want to promote to schools!!!
,JM
Ian Sison wrote:
>
>Speaking of which maybe we can tackle something that was discussed in the
>PLUG meeting, specifically offering a "way out" of proprietary software
>for office and government agencies. Consistent with our multi-pronged
>approach, education and advocacy, maybe we can come up with an open source
>alternative to typical windows environments that will allow government
>agencies to fully or partially migrate to a linux environment with the
>least possible hassle.
>
>In general, my idea was something along the lines of
>
>Hardware:
>Old/existing machines, possibly new server?
>existing network infrastructure
>
>Technology:
>Linux/LTSP
>Complete network setup with central user authentication via
> pam/samba/ldap
>Staroffice running on an application server/X Client
>Hookup with Internet gateway with policy based proxy
>Intra-Internet Email
>Intranet messaging via jabber
>
>
>The goal i am thinking of is to make a "distro" [open source of course]
>that will support this kind of setup off the box. We don't need to make an
>entirely new distro, we can modify a RH or Mandrake distro and put in our
>own packages..
>
>If everything that is needed is on-disk, possibly with pre-configured
>scripts, or support programs, it would be very easy to deploy
>
>As a project this big cannot be done by one entity alone, contributory
>effort is needed, and i hope this can generate enough interest to gather
>momentum...
>
doesnt q-linux have something like that, i thought the CDs they gave at the Linux10
works that way?
>
>On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, neuroticimbecile wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 30 August 2001 13:51, you wrote:
>> > To all,
>> >
>> > Can someone help me in implementing thin clients using a Red Hat 6.2
>> > Server? What are the steps that must be followed?
>> >
>> > -Jeff
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> there are detailed instructions here:
>> http://www.ltsp.org
>>
>> hth,
>> -eric
>
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