[K12OSN] *EARLY* Alpha of K12LTSP 3.2

[Andrew]

David Trask wrote:

>Yeah I ran 3.1 all year too. Tried 4.0 Big trouble, went back. The thing is, I'm in the position of convincing people that linux is a better choice--on virtually no budget. I supply my own server, and the next best thing I have is a p2400 with 128 megs of ram--not a good alternate server. I am in a novell envirnment, and while I can use the novell directories as home folders for my students it is a pain if my ltsp server dies. It also doesn't help convince the nay-sayers Gatesians and Novellites. I would much rather see my whole district drop novell, use samba and openldap and phpgroupware and dansguardian and classroom/lab/library ltsp servers and save a fortune. I have a couple of people carefully trying ltsp boxen in a library and a classroom. If it works reliably and easily we make progress. If obscure widget @ obscure address has suddenly killed their display managers and I have to leave my class to fix it the whole cause of introducing cheap efficient effective educat!
ional computing takes a possible mortal blow. In that situation, I can't really afford to be a tester. If linux takes off..and our sysadmins lear to trouble shoot it (some are good alrealdy) then maybe I can try the latest and greatest and take a risk or 2 in my class.
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-AF

>First it's great that Eric is going to release the WBEL/RHEL version of
>K12LTSP!  Very cool!
>
>Now to the discussion.  Weird hardware is weird hardware...sometimes it
>works and other times it won't.  Weird hardware is not a good choice for a
>high need, high availability server environment...always go with tried and
>true stuff.  If we all used "stable stuff" the distro would never progress
>would it?  No one would test new things.  Or the new things would never
>get tested in a large enough environment to make any distinct decisions as
>to whether or not something is a bug.  I don't need the most stable
>version....since I have a Samba-LDAP server where all my users and home
>dirs live...blowing away my K12LTSP box is a minor inconvenience. 
>Also...in a production environment it's not a bad idea to have an
>"experiment server"  that you csn drop in as a replacement should the need
>arise.  I'm going to use K12LTSP 4.1 based on FC2 as I've had no
>show-stopping problems at all with it.  YMMV  If you must have rock-solid
>stabilty...use the older versions or the WBEL version....also
>remember...NO ONE is MAKING you upgrade.  I ran 3.12 all year last
>year....it worked great.  I wrestled with the decision to go with 4.01 or
>4.1....I chose 4.1 as I love the new features and want to give it an
>honest test.  I'll probably stick with it all year unless something really
>cool comes out.  No need to screw things up mid-year....remember..if it
>ain't broke....leave it alone until you can upgrade safely (like summer).
>
>David N. Trask
>Technology Teacher/Coordinator
>Vassalboro Community School
>dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
>(207)923-3100
>
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