Hi I have been using ubuntu ltsp for about 2 years with ltsp5 and 4.2 on ubuntu 8.04. 4.2 is the 'thinnest client' The new release meerkat supports both fat and thin client setup and ltsp clusters . So far so good with the new version. Version 8.04 has been excellent. Peter
On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 21:28 -0400, sc...@4ahomes.com wrote: > You don't need a special distribution for LTSP on Fedora. LTSP works "out of > the box" with Fedora with: > > yum install ltsp-server > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> > Subj: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Distro and general setup questions > Date: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:35 pm > Size: 2K > To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:23:07AM -0500, Donny Brooks wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am looking to setup a test environment for a LTSP setup. I have > > done some looking and found a few distributions that have LTSP > > "flavors". Of these which is the easiest to implement and maintain? To > > better answer this question here are a few details I have worked out > > that we will need: > > > > We will start with normal pc's PXE booting, eventually migrating to > > thin-clients > > We will need a windows server backend that serves windows only programs > > (possibly multiple) > > We have remote offices that will need access to the LTSP server to work > > (1 1.5Mx256k dsl and 2 T1) > > Sound and local USB devices (mostly flash media adapters) will be a must > > Must work with OpenLDAP authentication > > > > I know Ubuntu is a well known LTSP compatible distribution. Also I think > > I remember seeing a fedora one. Is there any that are better than the other? > > > I use Debian and I'm very happy with it. I've also used Ubuntu in the > past. Both are pretty easy to set up. This is very anecdotal, but I > feel like I see quite a few posts from Ubuntu LTSP users stating things like > "it worked in the last version but doesn't work anymore" (whatever "it" > might be). Ubuntu moves at a rapid pace, so that could be the reason. > > If you go w/ Ubuntu, I'd recommend sticking with an LTS version. If you > go with Debian, stick with stable and optionally use the later LTSP packages > from the backports repository. This will reduce the number of major > upgrades you need to deal with. > > Fedora has an LTSP list of its own. k12...@redhat.com. Traffic on that > list is kind of light, but they may be better-suited to answering > Fedora-specific questions. Fedora also moves at a rapid pace, and I > feel like I see many users on that list having problems that I don't > have with my Debian system. More anecdotal evidence for you! > > For your remote offices, I recommend using FreeNX. It's quite fast over > the WAN. Alternatively, install a local LTSP server at each remote > office. > > -Rob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > --- message truncated --- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
