[K12OSN] Wish list

[Dennis Daniels]

Could you write up what you've done here:
http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/
So that we can all benefit from your hardwork! :)

dennis

Gideon Romm wrote:
> If anyone's interested in wireless, we've been very successful with 
> simply using an access point and a bridge connected to the thin client 
> (or cluster of thin clients connected by a cheap switch).  A wireless 
> bridge is easy to configure and easy to swap out when the next latest 
> and greatest wireless standard comes out.  It is about as cheap as a 
> wireless card and there's no muss no fuss.  From the thin client's point 
> of view, nothing's changed, and it PXE/Etherboots as usual.  The 
> wireless link is transparent.  You can also get more bang-for-your-buck 
> if rather than using 1 bridge per thin client, you use 1 bridge per 
> cluster of thin clients connected by a switch.  You can make wireless 
> thin client islands and divide the cost of the bridge by the number of 
> workstations.
> 
> Using NX as the client connection makes a lot of sense with wireless, 
> but that's an application server choice.  :) 
> 
> -Gideon
> 
> On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 14:54, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> 
>>/On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Jim Hays wrote:
>>
>>> Since you titled this "Wish List", here goes:  It's Brainstorming
>>> Time.............
>>>
>>> With the cost of the USB "Drives" what they are today, I would like to see
>>> support for "local" USB drives built in.  It would be nice if this were
>>> something that could be turned on or off easily (GUI?) and could be managed on
>>> a per client basis.  I have not tried this and it may be very easy or very
>>> difficult.
>>> Any possibilty to have wireless access to K12LTSP?  That would be
>>> interesting......  A "wireless lab" of laptops with no hard drives and
>>> "bootable NICs" running K12LTSP from a server in the cart.   This one would
>>> have some commercial value as well.
>>
>>I've not seen a wireless card that supports PXE or Etherboot booting.
>>So, you'd still need some way of loading the kernel and initrd.  Floppy,
>>cdrom or USB drive most likely would do it.
>>
>>We do have a ltsp-wireless package, but it's really out of date.
>>
>>Jim McQuillan
>>jam at Ltsp.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric Harrison wrote:
>>>
>>> > This weekend I'm going to a LTSP developer's conference in Maine.
>>> > I have Friday -> Monday carved out for K12LTSP development.
>>> > While I have some dedicated time, what do you guys & gals want me to work
>>> > on?
>>> >
>>> > I have two objectives:
>>> >
>>> > 1) Immediate needs. What changes do you want to see in K12LTSP 4.2.0?
>>> >   (keeping in mind I'd like to have this finished in the next two
>>> >    weeks ;-)
>>> > 2) Start work on the next major version. What are the major issues
>>> >   issues/enhancements that you would like to see in the next 6-12
>>> >   months?
>>> >
>>> > Since I will be traveling, I won't have the hardware necessary
>>> > to finish K12LTSP 3.2.0. It is perfectly fine to request this as
>>> > a priority, but it won't get done this weekend ;-)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > To kick things off, here is the list of topics that have been
>>> > suggested for the LTSP developer's conference:
>>> >
>>> >  * LDAP Authentication possibly w/Kerberos?
>>> >  * Local display manager
>>> >  * Local App Building/Packaging
>>> >  * Local app invocation
>>> >  * Local drive support (usb devices, floppy, cdrom)
>>> >  * Desktop shadowing (VNC, x11vnc, x110rbserver)
>>> >  * Security audit of the ltsp tree, file perms, ownership, tcpwrappers
>>> >  * Low bandwidth (NX, FreeNX)
>>> >  * Other non-x86 architectures for LTSP thin clients
>>> >    (PPC,Sparc,StrongArm)
>>> >  * Using SSH to tunnel the X traffic
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -Eric
>>> >
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