Daniel, Your frustration is coming through loud and clear. I am often surprised at the terse level of criticism that is aimed at open source projects by newcomers. Remember, this is free software and a back-breaking effort by generous folks who do the best they can. The objective of open software is to provide a community supported project. If you don't like something, roll up your sleeves and pitch in to make it better. If you haven't paid a cent or lifted a finger, then no one owes you anything.
That being said, I have to disagree with you. I've found the LTSP documentation to be quite adequate and helpful. Perhaps it is a matter of understanding context. Projects often assume some level of expertise from the reader, and are aimed at solving a specific problem. You need to understand your problem before you can consider LTSP a viable solution. -don On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Daniel Carrera wrote: > I must say that trying to figure out LTSP has been an exercise in > frustration. The website is difficult to browse. The HOWTOs are > anecdotal, un-professional, they display poorly on Mozilla and are > difficult to read. > > The main page is a gignatic mass of text which appears to have no real > content. > > I have read much of the documentation and I have gained very little > understanding of LTSP. I don't know the hardware requirements, or how it > actually works. > > It would be good to have a high-level explanation of how to actually > set up a network with LTSP instead of hiding the main concepts behind a > sea of details. Details are certainly necessary, but I also need a > high-level understanding of LTSP before the details can make sense. > > It doesn't help me to know that your workstation has a Linksys LNE100TX, > version 4.1 card. What I need to know is whether the workstation has to > be a full computer or not. Can I get by without a hard drive? Do I need > a floppy drive? What the heck is etherboot? > > I'd like a high-level explanation of what goes on at the workstation end. > In particular, I need to know what new hardware we would have to buy to > get LTSP working. Currently we have Solaris workstations. I'd like to > know what we can reuse, and what we need to buy anew. > > Best, > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
