You don't need a special distribution for LTSP on Fedora. LTSP works "out of the box" with Fedora with:
yum install ltsp-server -----Original Message----- From: Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> Subj: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Distro and general setup questions Date: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:35 pm Size: 2K To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:23:07AM -0500, Donny Brooks wrote: > Hello all, > > I am looking to setup a test environment for a LTSP setup. I have > done some looking and found a few distributions that have LTSP > "flavors". Of these which is the easiest to implement and maintain? To > better answer this question here are a few details I have worked out > that we will need: > > We will start with normal pc's PXE booting, eventually migrating to > thin-clients > We will need a windows server backend that serves windows only programs > (possibly multiple) > We have remote offices that will need access to the LTSP server to work > (1 1.5Mx256k dsl and 2 T1) > Sound and local USB devices (mostly flash media adapters) will be a must > Must work with OpenLDAP authentication > > I know Ubuntu is a well known LTSP compatible distribution. Also I think > I remember seeing a fedora one. Is there any that are better than the other? > I use Debian and I'm very happy with it. I've also used Ubuntu in the past. Both are pretty easy to set up. This is very anecdotal, but I feel like I see quite a few posts from Ubuntu LTSP users stating things like "it worked in the last version but doesn't work anymore" (whatever "it" might be). Ubuntu moves at a rapid pace, so that could be the reason. If you go w/ Ubuntu, I'd recommend sticking with an LTS version. If you go with Debian, stick with stable and optionally use the later LTSP packages from the backports repository. This will reduce the number of major upgrades you need to deal with. Fedora has an LTSP list of its own. k12...@redhat.com. Traffic on that list is kind of light, but they may be better-suited to answering Fedora-specific questions. Fedora also moves at a rapid pace, and I feel like I see many users on that list having problems that I don't have with my Debian system. More anecdotal evidence for you! For your remote offices, I recommend using FreeNX. It's quite fast over the WAN. Alternatively, install a local LTSP server at each remote office. -Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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 --- message truncated --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
