-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 07:00:28PM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote: >On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 18:43, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: > >> >It sound like another great, low impact (I am trying to think of a >> >term like 'carbon foot print' to properly reflect the impact) way of >> >bringing LTSP into the class room. >> >> "polite" or "gentle" perhaps? >> >> or "non-invasive"? Emphasizing what is avoided: invading - >> potentially taking over, accidentally or on purpose, the computers > > >Granted, you would *need* to check with your local systems >administrator before implementing LTSP. (as opposed to a lower-risk >USB-local-booting solution) At my school, for example, netbooting a >workstation starts the "recloning" process of loading a new Windows XP >image; setting up LTSP without asking would cause major problems with >their work.
non-invasive to the _computers_ but invasive to the network infrastructure. So yes, a better term would be good, to not risk sysadmins feeling cheated when learning the hard way that this so-called non-invasive system includes a DHCP daemon, breaking their WiFi hotspots, printers and what not. - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkosXD0ACgkQn7DbMsAkQLgTYwCeNg687lF4eEXrGw9SqB62AGih 5WQAniL/ZEmBKsZ8zVMCRmPlNnScHmE5 =lu5m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep