Re: skolelinux and remote control programs
Den 20. jul. 2007 kl. 15.27 skrev Knut Yrvin:
Fredag 20 juli 2007 14:20, skrev Valerio Pachera:
I mean programs like:
TCM (Thin Client Manager)
FL_TeacherTool
http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/index.html
The schools in the city of Konsvinger uses TeacherTool on thin
clients.
Their man in charge for the upkeep and maintenance was doing a vivid
presentation a couple of years ago.
I suspect they just compiled TeacgerTool from source, or something
else
to use it, because they really liked it.
Yes we did use and still use Fl_TeacherTool:
http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/
We build it from source since there is no deb available (as far as I
know). We use it to:
* Check which users are logged in at which ltspserver
* Send messages to all or selected users
* Log out all or selected users
* Remote control a users desktop
* Monitor (without control) a users desktop
The application does more, but basically that is what we use it for.
The drawback for Debian-Edu is that this only works with ltsp
versions pre 5. We use it with ltsp-4.2. I think Robert is working on
the version for ltsp5, since K12LTSP is also moving towards ltsp5.
Robert is a K12LTSP user I think, and he wrote this application for
that distro.
I have yet to see an application that could replace it. This is one
of the reasons for us not using ltsp5 at the moment.
We have all our servers at one location and connect to all the
schools via fibre. At the schools there are only thinclients and
printers and no IT personel. We manage all our thinclients from our
IT office at City Hall, it saves us a lot of travelling when we help
students and teachers out. It's a very handy administration tool indeed.
Best Regards
Trond Maehlum
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