I don't think I've ever heard the words "desktop" and "beauty" used together when referring to Windows before.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Dexter R. Marquez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:29 PM > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: [plug] LTSP > > > On 2005-04-08 14:16, ian sison (mailing list) wrote: > > > > The most important of which is user acceptance. I know a > lot of you > > abhore the corpulence of KDE and GNOME, but hey, sometimes > it takes a > > desktop that resembles Windows in both functionality and > beauty for a > > user to even consider moving over to an LTSP desktop. > > That's one consideration why we're opting for Bayanihan > Linux: aside from the fact that this is to patronize our > partner-agency's product, our LTSP setup is for training > purposes, so usage should be as painless as possible. > > > - in the course of running LTSP based systems, it may be that one > > user, possibly not intentionally, can take up *a lot* of resources, > > both CPU and memory, thus slowing everyone else down. Sometimes, > > untrained users (or those who are truly impatient) > contribute to this > > by repeatedly clicking an icon, thereby launching multiple > instances > > of a program - bringing the entire network to a crawl.There > should be > > a way to limit the amount of resources a user can consume, so that > > there will be no possibility of an accidental (or intentional) DoS. > > How do we mitigate this? > > Yes, this discussion need not be a "pissing contest" on who > has deployed the most clients given such and such resources. > Too bad, we came in late when Marvin Pascual presented LTSP > at last year's PhilOSC; but I'm sure members of this list can > contribute to the knowledgebase by discussing their experiences. > > Thanks. > -- > Ian Dexter R. Marquez > http://iandexter.co.nr [PGP key: 0x02D17A07] > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official > Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
