[K12OSN] local apps....explain?

[David Trask]

Hi all,

Ok, this may seem like a stupid question, but I've never bothered to
investigate it.  What exactly does local apps do (in lts.conf)?  I'm going
to guess that somehow the apps migrate to the local machine and use the
local machine's processing power?  Is this the case....do they live in RAM
or on the HD?  Do they have to be preloaded on the local HD?  the reason
I'm asking....I have a whole lab of powerful (dual boot with floppies)
Penitum 4 machines with 256 mb RAM....when kids are using Flash sites on
the internet...their apps slow to a crawl.  I was wondering if setting
local apps for these machines might improve performance much in the way
that it does when the apps (mozilla, etc) run from a local HD.  Can
someone explain how exactly local apps works?

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
(207)923-3100