Re: Fwd: question -- 8th grade teacher needing skolelinux 5.0 ASAP
* Nigel Barker forwarded a question on architecture and hardware specs on
client machines.
> > Tim, let me ask you about your thin clients. What spec are they?
> > Because if you only have 6 or 7 and you really need to have flash and
> > sound working properly, then you might consider doing a workstation
> > install on them instead. If they are all the same type of machine,
> > then you can just do one and use clonezilla. They will integrate
> > perfectly into your network, without the struggle of edubuntu.
> > Edubunt doesn't have any software which isn't also available in
> > skolelinux. However, if they are v. old and weak, forget it, you have
> > to go with thin clients.
I should ad. If you got 6-7 new client machines, please consider Diskless
Workstation. You reduce the maintenance burden and get the same benefits as
with ordinary PC's. You can run a low end server, just serving net
services and files, instead of beefing up the machine.
Please read this document:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/LtspDisklessWorkstation
> > Skolelinux Lenny is ready enough if the installer is OK right now. I
> > would definitely use it on a new installation. Etch is getting old
> > now. I echo what Knut says - you can do it yourself. I did and I'm
> > just the chemistry teacher. The people here helped me a lot when I
> > got stuck (they still do). Just go with the defaults and don't try to
> > bend it to your own will yet. So accept Iceweasel for now, etc.
Yes. I'm confident that running Skolelinux 5.0 are doable.
Please consider the net install
To download you can use one of the following methodes:
ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/lenny-prerelease/debian-edu-lenny-
netinstall-alpha0.iso
http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/lenny-prerelease/debian-edu-lenny-
netinstall-alpha0.iso
rsync ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-lenny-prerelease/debian-edu-lenny-
netinstall-alpha0.iso
The MD5SUM of this image is
debian-edu-lenny-netinstall-alpha0.iso dca1720f76562782b3f08b77b8eabab5
Best regards Knut Yrvin
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