[K12OSN] Morley's Great K12LTSP labs - update

["Terrell Prudé Jr."]

That Flash issue also appears to depend on whether you're running 32-bit
Firefox or 64-bit Firefox.  I run 32-bit K12LTSP 4.2EL and 5.0EL, and so
far, so good.

And *that*, folks, is why we need to avoid proprietary file formats. 
Right there.

--TP
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Peter Scheie wrote:
> 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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