[K12OSN] 64 bit vs 32 bit K12LTSP

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 8/18/06, Dan Visentin <visentind at hdsb.ca> wrote:
>
>  Our school board has been piloting various thin-client systems with the
> long term goal of creating a centralized thin-client service to be provided
> by the WAN to the schools within the board (we recently upgraded the
> pipeline to the schools to 1GB).  Does this seem possible?  Can this be done
> with K12LTSP?
>
> I've been running a 32bit K12LTSP implementation very successfully in my
> school since Feb 2005.  The server is a dual opteron with 6 GB of RAM, Tyan
> motherboard with 2x250 GB SATA drives serving 56 clients in two different
> labs (32 and 24 machines) which PXE boot through a segregated switch.  The
> current implementation was readily accepted by staff and students and we run
> several introductory computer courses in the labs as well as general use by
> students and teachers.  I'm thinking of rebuilding it with the latest x86_64
> bit implementation to take full advantage of the server hardware but am
> wondering if I might be creating more problems for myself.
>


Yes, I think you would create more problems. Flash for example does not have
a 64 bit binary. Things which are binary only, like flash, usually only come
in 32 bit versions.


I've learned a great deal but I'm hampered by lack of time to really develop
> my Linux server skills as I teach full time and am a department head and
> maintain the other windows labs in the school.  We run several windows apps
> through WINE which are required by some courses and the lab must remain
> functional for the courses which are running in those labs.  Any thoughts?
>
> btw, it is very difficult to convince the board IT folks (who are MS
> Windows evangelists) that this solution is better than the Propalms solution
> which is the direction they seem to be leaning towards.  It's been and
> continues to be quite the battle and they insist that the system must
> authenticate to windows and all student files need to be on a windows file
> server.  What do you think my chances of success will be?  ;)
>
> Dan Visentin
> M. M. Robinson H.S.
> "As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing."
>
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