On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote:
> 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.
>
companies exist that provide this service. if there are volunteers, there
are people who are willing to be trained and later on to act as trainors.
this mode can multiply the number of sysads in these organizations.
> -cost of retraining and retooling those MIS departments. will companies
> be willing to throw away previous invests made on their existing
> systems?
>
if we're talking about govt., most have limited budget to provide for
ongoing maintenance and upgrades so if they see that this is workable,
they can be convinced to adopt open source solutions. and DOST has some
influence over ICT standards adopted by govt.
> -bundling staroffice could be a problem with SUN. was there ever
> resolved?
>
we can address this.
> 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?
>
saturday - morning or afternoon should still be fine at ASTI.
> >
> > 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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