Re: LTSP and lessdisks

[Markus Gamenius <markus@gamenius.net>]

Knut Yrvin wrote:
> torsdag 16. juni 2005, 00:18, skrev Vagrant Cascadian:
>
> > so every now and then, i'm curious about the possibility of including
> > lessdisks in skolelinux.  this obviously requires an evaluation of
> > how lessdisks compares with LTSP.
>
>
> This 9 month old document has to be updated, but it lining up what we 
> could do: 
> http://developer.skolelinux.no/driftskonsepter/2004-09-06-thin-clients.html
>
> LTSP has support for half thick clients today. But the drawback is the 
> lack of reuse with Debian. This could be solved with the a improwed 
> LTSP: 
>
> http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/LTSPXorgConfiguration?highlight=%28LTSPXorgConfiguration%29
>
> Lessdisks does the job, but more bugs has to be ironed out ... There are 
> 4-5 schools in Norway using Lessdisks with support from Finn-Arne. 

We were ensured by the Ubuntu people (and Jim from LTSP) that the next 
LTSP will be out there in October and that this is based on Debian/Ubuntu.

Markus


> - Knut