<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Firefox is good, but you'll get the best bang for processor/memory buck by switching from OOWriter to Abiword, and OOCalc to Gnumeric. Rob Owens wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20041107185844.662C5398F@mprdmxin.myway.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Would you recommend Firefox instead of Mozilla? What about a lightweight alternative to OpenOffice? Kwrite perhaps, for the simple stuff? I realize OpenOffice is a heavyweight, but I like it because the kids can run it on their home computers, which will most likely be Windows machines. I use IceWM at home and I love it because it loads instantly, unlike KDE and GNOME. -Rob --- On Sun 11/07, Dennis Daniels < <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ddaniels@magic.fr">ddaniels@magic.fr</a> > wrote: From: Dennis Daniels [mailto: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ddaniels@magic.fr">ddaniels@magic.fr</a>] To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:k12osn@redhat.com">k12osn@redhat.com</a> Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 08:12:07 -0800 Subject: Re: [K12OSN] high-end desktop machine as a server? We have the same goals! Go with ICEWM, stay away from Moz and don't let more than a few people use OO at any one time. There are some docs on getting multiple servers on the same network using XDMCP chooser and NFSing the home directories but the docs are kind of old and thin. Getting low-end machines to act as servers is cool but the (our) reality is hours of fidgeting with small successes... have a look here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/RecentEdits">http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/RecentEdits</a> The real bugaboo is getting NFS to play nice... I tried to doc the process as we worked through K12 4.1 best Dennis norbert wrote: > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:robowens@myway.com">robowens@myway.com</a> wrot e: > >> This topic has been hit upon in some other threads, but I thought it >> was worthy of it's own. >> Can anybody relate their experiences with using a newer desktop >> machine as their server? For instance, something like a 2.4 GHz >> single processor with IDE ha! rd drives. How many clients can run on >> such a machine, using apps like OpenOffice, Mozilla, and possibly the >> GIMP? >> >> The school in my town has a computer in each classroom that is for the >> teacher to use. These are a year or two old. I think it would be >> great to hook a bunch of thin clients to it so that the kids can get >> in on the action, but I'd like to know what to expect performance-wise >> before I approach the school about this. >> >> -Rob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. >> Make My Way your home on the Web - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.myway.com">http://www.myway.com</a> >> >> _______________________________________________&lt ;br>>> K12OSN mailing list >> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> >> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> >> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> >> >> > Hi Rob, > > Maybe you're asking the wrong question ...... but here goes anyway; ! </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> > P-IV 2.4 Ghz with 1.5 Gb mem., 40 GB hD can handle 15! </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> to 20 c lients but > that depends on the applications. > > Now if the "teacher" computers can be clustered, this willl depend on > distance, then 5 such machines could handle 100 clients. The point is we > need more info on the layout, use and detailed spec on the computers. > > good luck > norbert > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> > For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> > > _______________________________________________<br& gt;K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.myway.com">http://www.myway.com</a> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>