On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 08:12:53PM +0800, Denis F. Villorente wrote (wyy sez):
> has this idea been developed further? we'd like to see how we can support
> this. for this purpose, we'd like to invite interested folks to a meeting
> at ASTI to discuss this. we're in front of the Math building along C.P.
> Garcia Ave (near the corner of Katipunan) inside UP Diliman.
>
nifty! developed any further? i did not really follow the thread. but, i
am willing to help in this endeavor. and i am pretty sure than doc mana
is will to contribute his expertise. hehehe.
however, there are some problems that could arise... most of the
problems were already pointed out maybe i could just post some of them
again:
-after installing them, who is going to support the system? we can offer
voluntary support but that does not have enough milage kasi.
-cost of retraining and retooling those MIS departments. will companies
be willing to throw away previous invests made on their existing
systems?
-bundling staroffice could be a problem with SUN. was there ever
resolved?
frankly, i like ian idea and this could be a very good start. however,
different people have different needs and it would be good to get a good
idea about the different requirements of other offices and people.
> would a meeting during office hours be ok for those interested or should
> we organize something late afternoon or on a weekend?
>
sounds like a good idea. however, people usually have work at work
hours. a good number of people maybe unable to attend.
hey, paano guys? what if star buko again? paano jam session?
>
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Ian C. 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...
> >
> >
> > 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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