I forgot about ltsp for schools. These could make good clients, but the school would still need a fast server and fast network. Not too expensive, but more than most schools have. I was talking to the guy at Hawaii Computer Recycling a while back about the Sun Sparc2s he has that would make great diskless clients (the only problem is they only support 8 bit color) and he can't get rid of them.
http://www.pucebaboon.com/SLXT/ Dusty > Aloha, > > I would be willing to help sort through hardware and build some > working > systems. I also have some 16 port 10-base-T hubs (6) and a couple > 10-base- T systems that can support up to 108 ports if we wanted to try > and build some massive parallel system. 10-base-T isn't the best, but > it is free. I also has a room full of monitors (~20). Sandi and I > have an extra house on our property that we use as storage. It doesn't > have electricity, so I run extension cords when I do work out there. > We could store stuff there. I could run an internet connection out > there if we needed. > > I can think of three things we could do with these types of systems: > > 1. build usable linux desktops and give them away on a > first-come-first- serve basis. > > 2. use systems not suitable for desktops to make firewall/router > servers and give them away on a first-come-first-serve basis. > > 3. set-up a lab for luau members to learn and play or build a beowulf > cluster or something like that. The problem with this is we need a > location. > > I would really like to see something like the Luau lab set up for Luau > members to learn and play and anyone else to come by and learn, but we > would need a location and I don't think the termite eaten house on my > property would be good. > > Dusty > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
