<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Craig White wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1192206154.28176.0.camel@cube.tobyhouse.com" type="cite">---- <pre wrap="">even though I've always been a Red Hat / Fedora / CentOS user, I would have no qualms about switching over to Ubuntu for LTSP. </pre> </blockquote> In concept, neither would I, as I'm a major Kubuntu fan (my mail server runs Ubuntu Dapper). However, whenever I've tried to demo Edubuntu LTSP in front of actual people, it craps out in some way. The most recent was my Feisty Fawn demo in late June of this year. Terminals would simply hang, with no apparent reason (the server console itself was fine). Since this was a demo, I didn't have time to diagnose it. I had people in front of me, watching! Thank goodness I had planned for Murphy's Law and had a second server running K12LTSP 5.0EL to use for my demo! It worked like a charm (thank you, Eric!!). To save face, I blamed the hardware and still talked up Edubuntu. Later, after everyone had left, I tried out K12LTSP 5.0EL on the exact same hardware as the Edubuntu Feisty setup. Everything worked perfectly. Looks like the hardware's good after all. I like what the Edubuntu project is doing, and I *love* both Ubuntu Server and Kubuntu Desktop. Heck, I like Edubuntu as a desktop! But for now, the K12LTSP "EL" releases seem to be the most solid ones for actual LTSP deployments. I simply can't take the risk of that happening again. Especially in front of decision-makers. Maybe it'll be better with Gutsy or Hardy. I'll give both a fair shot. --TP </body> </html>