It's interesting that you're wanting a lite version of LTSP. I know the specs
say that more modern equipment is needed for LTSP 5, but I have a PII with 64
MB Ram that runs perfectly fine on LTSP 5. We have a couple of PI's that I've
been thinking of testing with it; but I just don't need them right now.
So, if you haven't already tried those PII's, you might want to give them
another try. They might still work ok, despite what the specs say.
I've heard others saying they have PII's running fine on LTSP 5, too.
--- On Wed, 2/25/09, john <lists.j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: john <lists.j...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Is it time for LTSP-lite?
> To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 1:52 PM
> Hi all,
>
> One of the reasons I originally found LTSP compelling was
> the modest
> specs required of the thin clients. Lately I've been
> feeling like my
> flavor of Linux/LTSP (ubuntu) has entered the same kind of
> systems
> requirement arms-race that I thought I left behind when we
> moved away
> from workstations running XP.
> I used to be able to run PII's with 128 mb ram no
> problem. These days
> 256 Mb on the client seems to be the minimum and 512
> is preferred. I still have lots of PII's lying around,
> and I suspect
> vast portions of LTSP's potential user base may be
> working with older
> technology as well. If the future of LTSP means you have to
> buy new
> hardware to use it seems like a much less compelling
> solution.
>
> Perhaps my complaints are not really LTSP related (I have
> minimal
> experience with other Distros with LTSP packages), and
> perhaps the
> "fat client" approach is an attempt to get around
> this issue to some
> degree. I am sure someone will set me straight if I
> am conflating two different issues. :-)
>
> So is LTSP 4.2 the answer for older clients, or is there
> something
> else to consider here?
>
> Thanks for letting me ruminate!
>
> John
>
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