[K12OSN] LTSP5

[Jim McQuillan]

Peter Scheie wrote:
> 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. ;-)
> 


LTSP-5 is going to give you cool things like the latest version of Xorg. 
  LTSP-4.2 is stuck back in the world of Xorg-6.9.  By today's standards 
thats old stuff.  If you are using older hardware, LTSP-4.2 is great. 
If you have newer thin clients, based on newer chipsets, your only hope 
might be LTSP-5.

the LTSP-5 in Ubuntu Gutsy, which will be released next week is WAY 
better than any previous releases.  It addresses the boot-time and 
run-time performance issues. It has awesome local device support, audio 
support, secure login and a bunch more features.

While K12LTSP is an awesome distro, the LTSP that's in it is starting to 
show its age.

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org


> 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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