[K12OSN] LTSP5

[Peter Scheie]

Actually, a beta version of K12LTSP7, based on Fedora 7, is available at 
ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/7.0.0-32bit/iso
and has been since July or so.  The problem is that K12LTSP is largely 
the result of one man's efforts, Eric, and the time he can devote to it 
varies.

While LTSP development is focused on LTSP 5, I would argue that there's 
not a significant benefit *to users* of version 5 over version 4.2. 
Therefore, in many (most?) cases, K12LTSP 6, based on LTSP 4.2 and 
Fedora 6, or K12LTSP-5EL, based on LTSP 4.2 and Centos5, is just fine, 
and can actually perform better in some areas such as client boot time. 
  Lately, I've been sticking with vesion 5EL because it's got long-term 
support, and I don't see any compelling advantage to LTSP 5 yet.  LTSP 5 
is the future, and I watch it closely, but I don't think users will 
notice much if any difference.  Others may disagree with me, and that's 
okay. ;-)

Peter

monteslu at cox.net wrote:
> Fedora 8 is out in less than a month. If there's going to be another k12 ltsp4.x-based release it would seem like a waste to use fedora 7.
> 
> Luis
> 
> ---- Krsnendu dasa <krsnendu108 at gmail.com> wrote: 
>> What about K12LTSP 7?
>>
>> On 12/10/2007, Jim McQuillan <jam at mcquil.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 13:58 -0400, Michael Blinn wrote:
>>>>>   Has there been any development toward implementing LTSP5 in Fedora?
>>>>> Ubuntu has done a good job of active integration, and, being a Fedora
>>>>> fan, I would like to be able to continue to use LTSP as Fedora matures.
>>>>> It seems to me like, with the wealth of knowledge available through
>>> this
>>>>> list, we ought to be able to throw together a small team to at least
>>>>> have a look at the problem, but if there is a push already in progress
>>>>> then I'd like to know - I wouldn't want to duplicate work.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Any takers?
>>>> ----
>>>> the uptake that I had on irc with the developers is that they are solely
>>>> concentrated on Ubuntu.
>>> Because this really can't be done without the cooperation with the
>>> distro team, and so far, Ubuntu is the only distro that has stepped up
>>> and provided access and commitment from their developers.
>>>
>>> Fedora talks about it, but so far hasn't provided any help.
>>>
>>> OpenSuse is definately making some headway with the kiwi-ltsp stuff.
>>> Still, I don't think they are getting much traction within the distro tho.
>>>
>>> Believe me, if distro folks would come into the IRC channel, we'd be
>>> glad to work with them to get LTSP-5 working.
>>>
>>> Jim McQuillan
>>> jam at Ltsp.org
>>>
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