[K12OSN] LTSP5

Ronnie Miller rmiller at seminole.k12.ga.us
Fri Oct 12 00:41:42 UTC 2007


I'll say this for K12LTSP-5EL, it installs and works better than Version
6. I ran into several problems installing version 6 that were NOT an issue
in 5EL. It is solid as a rock and I'm really enjoying it.

Now, if only sound in Flash would work like it's supposed to...

ERIC, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! YOU'VE DEFINITELY GOT A FAN IN ME!

    * From: Peter Scheie <peter scheie homedns org>
    * To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn
redhat com>
    * Subject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP5
    * Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:43:18 -0500

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 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 gmail com> wrote:

        What about K12LTSP 7?

        On 12/10/2007, Jim McQuillan <jam 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 Ltsp org

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