[K12OSN] LTSP5

[Eric Harrison]

On 10/11/07, Ronnie Miller <rmiller at seminole.k12.ga.us> wrote:
> 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...

Any chance that installed the 64bit os and use the 32bit browser
installed? Warren Togami mentioned this morning that there is a bug in
the current EL5 kernel that breaks this combo. An update is coming
down the pike....

-Eric

> 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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