[Ltsp] LTSP questions

[John Hebert]

I'd use k12ltsp to minimize startup time. Once you
have that installed, you can add/remove packages to
suit your needs. I'll bet it will do what you want,
but if not, at least you will be ahead on the learning
curve if you want to roll your own.

The older distro (3.1.2) is more stable, from what
I've heard. The newer distro (4.1.0) has support for
more hardware and a nicer installer.

John

--- Brad Bendily <brad at selu.edu> wrote:
> Here at SLU we've had an ongoing project that we
> want
> to get Linux on some workstations at our library.
> 
> I had setup a "Kiosk" station running on Suse. It
> was
> fairly easy. Only running a browser and a X session.
> But I don't want to have to install Suse on the 15 
> stations I want to setup.
> 
> I tried to remaster my own Knoppix cd, which was
> a great learning experience as well. It worked, but 
> was very time consuming. I had a few hiccups before
> I stopped working with it, which I could probably
> fix.
> But the thought of burning 15 cd's for these
> workstations
> really has me bummed.
> 
> Because of the recent talks on the brlug and LTSP
> list 
> I was thinking that LTSP would be great in this
> particular application. It will be about 15 "Lobby"
> workstations that will need only a browser.
> So, we have hit the ltsp.org site and have been
> digging through the documentation and some questions
> have come up that I thought i'd ask the list about.
> 
> First, should we be trying to use the ltsp.org site
> and "roll our own" or should we forget that and
> go to http://www.k12ltsp.org/ and use their
> already pre-packaged distro?
> 
> If we do use ltsp.org, what's the best distro to
> run?
> 
> Any other LTSP newbie advice would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Brad Bendily - CNA/CLE
> Systems Administrator
> 
> 
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