[Ltsp-discuss] Ang: winxp in virtual vdi inside Ubuntu ltsp server
Hi!-richard kweskin rkwesk_l...@hellug.gr skrev: -Till: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.netFrån: richard kweskin rkwesk_l...@hellug.grDatum: 2015-06-01 12:15Ärende: [Ltsp-discuss] winxp in virtual vdi inside Ubuntu ltsp serverI will be assisting in setting up ltsp using 32bit Ubuntu 12.04 in a school for kids aged 9 to 13 yrs old. The school has asked that windows be also available as they have win software they use.My thought was to include on the ltsp server a vdi with windows xp using virtualbox. The 16 clients will all be fat with 1 GB ram each. What advice can anyone offer so that the vdi is small enough but useable on the clients?As not all clients have the same hardware configuration should a live cd image e.g. Hirens be used to accommodate the various clients or is this not an issue?RichardFirst of all, different client hw is normally not a problem for fat clients, but of coarse you need to test. Especially if the graphic driver isn't in the kernel.The best window$ solution depends on the software they want to run. If it is possible to use a windows terminal server, that is for me the best solution.And why use VB if you can use KVM?Rgrds Johan--_Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discussFor additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net -- _ 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
Re: [Ltsp-discuss] winxp in virtual vdi inside Ubuntu ltsp server
On 01/06/15 19:53, richard kweskin wrote: I will be assisting in setting up ltsp using 32bit Ubuntu 12.04 in a school for kids aged 9 to 13 yrs old. The school has asked that windows be also available as they have win software they use. My thought was to include on the ltsp server a vdi with windows xp using virtualbox. The 16 clients will all be fat with 1 GB ram each. What advice can anyone offer so that the vdi is small enough but useable on the clients? As not all clients have the same hardware configuration should a live cd image e.g. Hirens be used to accommodate the various clients or is this not an issue? Richard -- Hello Richard, I used to do this at work but have now moved over to using KVM for the Win XP images instead as it's easier to manage from a server point of view. It depends on what you're doing though as KVM doesn't handle 3d graphics so Virtualbox maybe a better choice if you have 3d programs. I've just found it harder to manage on an LTSP system. The advantages of KVM over Vitualbox in an LTSP system are; - Central management is easier as you access all the images in one place (virtualbox you have to login to each user) - Kernel updates are easier (although you could use the open source version of Virtualbox I don't think it requires modules to be compiled for the kernel on every update) - virt-manager is really easy to use. from Michael -- _ 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
[Ltsp-discuss] winxp in virtual vdi inside Ubuntu ltsp server
I will be assisting in setting up ltsp using 32bit Ubuntu 12.04 in a school for kids aged 9 to 13 yrs old. The school has asked that windows be also available as they have win software they use. My thought was to include on the ltsp server a vdi with windows xp using virtualbox. The 16 clients will all be fat with 1 GB ram each. What advice can anyone offer so that the vdi is small enough but useable on the clients? As not all clients have the same hardware configuration should a live cd image e.g. Hirens be used to accommodate the various clients or is this not an issue? Richard -- _ 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
Re: [Ltsp-discuss] winxp in virtual vdi inside Ubuntu ltsp server
Forget running XP in a VM on 1GB RAM. Use libvirt and run it on the server and you should be fine. Sent from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: richard kweskin rkwesk_l...@hellug.gr Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:53:42 To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] winxp in virtual vdi inside Ubuntu ltsp server I will be assisting in setting up ltsp using 32bit Ubuntu 12.04 in a school for kids aged 9 to 13 yrs old. The school has asked that windows be also available as they have win software they use. My thought was to include on the ltsp server a vdi with windows xp using virtualbox. The 16 clients will all be fat with 1 GB ram each. What advice can anyone offer so that the vdi is small enough but useable on the clients? As not all clients have the same hardware configuration should a live cd image e.g. Hirens be used to accommodate the various clients or is this not an issue? Richard -- _ 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 -- _ 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
[Ltsp-discuss] Encrypted NBD root
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear LTSP developers, I am wondering if it is possible to setup encrypted NBD root device which I want to use in some other Open Source project. I have just found, that LTSP is using encrypted NBD, but only for swap device. Is there any technical reason, that it is not possible to do so for root device ? Thanks a lot - -- Ivan Minčík ivan.min...@gmail.com GPG: 0x79529A1E http://imincik.github.io/0x79529A1E.key ivan.min...@gista.sk GPG: 0xD714B02C http://imincik.github.io/0xD714B02C.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVbLqbAAoJEPfdLsR5Upoe5yoH/0xgyUddFLuWjRu1BTPvouru aVq+Vtm8sv053U2m11/suxpNB4LQxl8EmuOdBH2rLoFRWKA2WxopQCsZnSXHbCyR FhtWjSaTT0thRSOPRfjz9l9JMcGBYOocYiZqKL3g76nVamxtM0lnoOBB7WOxfkAp MNIdr3vZfTdDRVHuJKOs5iMUpgRIJ/4hGJdblu5YU+pz31+S97MlMGrfcfKjBRpE IyHAFClKgwT7BRNhZ2WglbO2/EUx7bXZ+3bfouWhqM2wUz8ZLiVUh/3uVbLuC7rl msJ8vU3kNg+POoRflyZst7wYVq0sFx82g0lmZ+n+AVnmZi8wWtNhj7PZqq+nSMw= =jqBI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- _ 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
Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Encrypted NBD root
On 01/06/2015 11:03 μμ, Ivan Mincik wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear LTSP developers, I am wondering if it is possible to setup encrypted NBD root device which I want to use in some other Open Source project. I have just found, that LTSP is using encrypted NBD, but only for swap device. Is there any technical reason, that it is not possible to do so for root device ? If the server is to encrypt something, and only specific (=LTSP) clients to be able to decrypt it, then they need some special information from the server, e.g. the server's private encryption key or something. How are you planning to deploy that to netbooted clients? They need local storage for that... alternatively, the root file system encryption can be based on the client's hardware specific information, that is transferred securely to the server and used as a seed to the server's private encryption key (multi-key encryption). For the swap partition it's not the same, it's the client itself that formats + encrypts the swap partition, not the server. -- _ 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
