[K12OSN] Morley's Great K12LTSP labs - update

[Peter Scheie]

Mostly it's plug & fly--excepting the Flash sound issues I've written about and 
have not been able to conquer.  I've got it installed in a couple of sites where 
sound is not an issue, and it's working like a champ there.

Peter

Doug Simpson wrote:
> GREAT! doe it work just like the FC versions? Plug and fly?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Doug
> 
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> De Queen Public Schools
> De Queen, AR
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> 
>>>> Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl> 1/25/2008 9:27 AM >>>
> Doug Simpson wrote:
> 
>> The only thing I hate about the K12LTSP project(s) is the speed in  
>> which
>> they are obsoleted. Just about that time I get around to upgrading,  
>> the
>> version I am comfortable with is already in obsolescence and no longer
>> supported. I was just getting ready to roll out FC6 K12LTSP and now I
>> hear it is obsoleted already.
>>
>> It really makes me not want to mess with it anymore and I am a BIG FAN
>> of the K12LTSP project(s).
>>
>> One of my reasons for going to it in the first place was the fact that
>> you plug it in and it works. But, it seems with every new version,  
>> there
>> are new kinks that you gotta work out or wait until the ones who know
>> how to fix them get them fixed, but by then, it is obsoloeted already
>> and it is no longer available. The upgrades aren't upgrades. They are
>> completely new installs with completely new sets of bugs and kinks.  
>> And
>> I am just a small-time user. . . My server at home that my family uses
>> is FC3. Still rock-solid and just works. I was going to FC6 as soon as
>> possible, but . . . I have several servers at work, also, and one is
>> running FC6 but I havent' touched it in a year. . .
>>
>> Disheartened,
> 
> No need to be disheartened. Go with the EL flavor of K12LTSP!
> 
> The regular K12LTSP releases are based on Fedora Core and yes, Fedora  
> Core has a very short life cycle. But there are also EL (Enterprise  
> Linux) versions of K12LTSP, which are based on CentOS (which in turn  
> is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone). The current version is K12LTSP  
> 5EL, which is based on CentOS 5. CentOS has a supported lifetime of 7  
> years (compared to Fedora's ~1 year).
> 
> Get it here: http://k12ltsp.org/mediawiki/index.php/DownLoad 
> 
> Nils Breunese.
> 
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