On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 14:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 07-Feb-02 Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: > > As a newcomer here I wonder why floppy support and > > sound support is not an integral part of the LTSP package. > > It is some of the first things I am asked when I talk > > to people about LTSP. > > IMHO that depends on which kind of people you are talking to and > which kind of applications they (have to) work with. > > If many users in a network need floppy access, CDrom usage and sound, > then it might be more efficient to interconnect a number of fully > equipped (Linux?) PCs in a classical network. > > If, on the other hand, all you need is a number of workstations to > run administrative applications like word processing, spreadsheet, > bookkeeping and the like, then LTSP is definitely a cost effective > solution.
I suspect it's just the way LTSP has developed. For example: as sound becomes recognised as a requirement, a number of people try different ways until one emerges as 'best', and then the solution besomes part of the LTSP offering. I wouldn't like to think there's a deliberate policy of not supporting local workstation peripherals in LTSP. Printers, sound, floppy disks, Zip drives, CDs, Palm Pilots, Digicams, ... why not? Incidentally, the esound package works a dream for me under LTSP 3 - see the 'Software' page on http://uk.homelinux.net for more info. John _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
