[K12OSN] Any news about K12LTSP 7

Mel Wade mel at melwade.com
Mon Jun 4 22:29:40 UTC 2007


When do you expect an EL-5 64bit version?

On 6/4/07, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
>
> Shishir Jha wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just was curious to know whether k12LTSP v7 is in plans or not. And if
> > yes then which version of LTSP is going to incorporated in it. We are
> > currently using K12LTSP 5 and are thinking of upgrading to newer
> > version. We have been trying out Edubuntu 7.04 for test and are giving
> > it a thought due to its ease with Pulseaudio and LTSP 5. But as we
> > have been using K12 I dont want to change to debian based Linux from
> > .rpm based system.
> >
> > So guys, if anybody knows about any plans for K12LTSP and its detail,
> > please do share it with me so that I can decide what to do and whether
> > to upgrade or wait for release of version 7 of K12
> >
>
>
> Yes, there will be two new versions released in the near future (next
> 1-4 weeks, depending on how busy these last two weeks of school are for
> me).
>
>
> K12LTSP 5.0-EL  will be based on CentOS 5, which is very similar to
> Fedora Core 6 (i.e. the current K12LTSP 6.0.0), but will be supported
> with security patches for the next several years. Use this one if you
> want to install a server and not upgrade it for a long time.
>
>
> K12LTSP 7.0  will be based on Fedora 7, which was just released a couple
> of days ago. F7 will be supported with security patches for the next
> year and a half. Use this one if you want the latest-and-greatest and
> are willing to upgrade every year.
>
>
>
> If you want to help out with the testing, you will find the pre-release
> versions here:
>
> K12LTSP 5.0-EL:
>
>         http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/K12LTSP/5.0.0-EL-32bit/
>
> K12LTSP 7.0:
>
>         http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/K12LTSP/testing/7.0.0-32bit/
>
> -Eric
>
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