[K12OSN] Differences between 5.0.0EL and 5.0.1EL

JohnG jjjggg at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 6 20:07:50 UTC 2007


Great, thanks for the info.

Another quick question, is there any difference in the education packages 
installed on 5.x-EL vs 6.0.0 (assuming both are fully updated)?

> The 5.x-EL version uses LTSP 4.2, which is not the latest--LTSP 5.0 is the 
> latest--but I would argue 4.2 is the more mature at this time.  5.0 is 
> interesting from a "what's in the future" standpoint, as that's where the 
> developers are working.  While it holds great promise, from a 
> user/student/teacher standpoint, I think 4.2 is, today, the better choice: 
> 5.0 is slower to boot than 4.2, tends to require faster client hardware, 
> doesn't support fl_teachertool (yet--Robert's working on it), etc. 
> Edubuntu is using LTSP 5.  If you're interested, have a look at it.
>
> Peter
>
> JohnG wrote:
>> I was curious what the changes are from 5.0.0EL to 5.0.1EL; are they just 
>> bug fixes? Also do either of these releases have the latest LTSP on them 
>> once all the updates are applied? Thanks so much.
>>
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