On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:53:30PM -0800, john wrote: > 1) Ideally I'd like to wait for an LTS that has local apps, but I > don't think that's due until next spring
Right, not until April 2010. > 3) Even with 512m ram my thin clients processors are too wimpy to deal > with flash well. So I am currently vetting an upgraded thin client. Is it *just* youtube videos that's causing the problem? If so, you can try something that I've been recommending to people: 1) Install greasemonkey (it's in the repos) 2) Install the hqtube greasemonkey script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24999 There is a minor bugfix needed in the discussion forum for the script. What this script does is substitute a gstreamer totem window for the flash plugin on youtube. Other flash sites (say some games or the like) will still use flash. Or, alternatively, I've had good luck with viewing flash videos using gnash. However, installing the gnash plugin will make it so that ALL flash apps go through gnash. Testing would be required to make sure that it works for all your use cases. > I > am sad to see that LTSP users are back to being engaged in a hardware > arms race much like the one I thought i left behind when I went to > thin clients. C'est la vie... One of the things that I recently commented on in the #ltsp irc channel is, when ltsp4.2 came out, flash was a luxury that most teachers didn't want, simply because they didn't want kids fooling around. Now, a scant 5 years later, it appears to be pretty much manditory. Until either Adobe makes it's app more "multiuser" friendly, or flawless Free SOftware alternatives come to the fore, yes, we're back in the hardware arms race. Scott. -- Scott L. Balneaves | Take eight minutes and divide by 90 million lonely miles, Systems Department | and watch a shadow cross the floor. Legal Aid Manitoba | We don't live here anymore. -- The Weakerthans -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
