On Monday, September 23, 2002 2:15 PM, Humaid, Abdallah A (TCCOD) wrote: > Also we are trying to come up with reasons why you would want to run > an LTSP setup in a large environment, other than cost savings. If you > are aware of any source for possible LTSP applications in large > environment I would appreciate it.
Hi Abdallah, We're going to be running LTSP in runlevel 4 (ssh mode) to provide access to some of our legacy UNIX systems for staff that _only_ use these systems. The current setup is using very old workstations (DX4's to P200's) with Win95 installs. They use commercial software for terminal access. Apart from a lower TCO, LTSP should definately reduce our IT helpdesk maintance and support to these systems. Bored admin staff have a habit of deleting random sysfiles causing helpdesk headaches. Also, bored admin staff have a habit of playing solitare. Not any more ;). Other points of interest to our exec board included the fact that illegal software/mp3s isnt an issue with this (notoriously bad) section of staff. Virus threats to the desktop are virtually eliminated as well. Hope this helps, Andrew -- Andrew McKinney IT Dept / NWBHSST ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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
