[K12OSN] Preparing K12Linux F11
Terrell Prude' Jr.
microman at cmosnetworks.com
Wed Jun 3 15:39:18 UTC 2009
That seems to be an LTSP 5-specific problem, because this problem does
not occur on LTSP 4.x or LTSP 3.x. The network can handle the traffic
fine, but apparently the LTSP5 server cannot.
--TP
David Van Assche wrote:
> They suffer from the SDL using pulse and bringing down the
> network/server environment. This is easily verifiabe... launch 3 or 4
> instances of any of the tux 4 kids suite and watch the cpu usage spike
> and freezes start occuring all over till an eventual complete
> collapse. The work around is to launch the apps without sound... that
> seems to allow the applications to run without problems, so if you are
> going to carry those by default, u need to make sure they are
> launching _without_ sound. I'm basing all this on Debian and Ubuntu
> problems, but I'm sure it happens on Fedora too. Here is the relevant
> bug for that:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tuxmath/+bug/269082
>
> kind Regards,
> David (nubae) Van Assche
> www.nubae.com <http://www.nubae.com>
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Luis Montes <monteslu at cox.net
> <mailto:monteslu at cox.net>> wrote:
>
> Terrell Prude' Jr. wrote:
>
> Warren Togami wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> Fedora 11 is soon to be released. Sometime after that I
> will spin a new K12Linux Live Server ISO image.
>
> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/ltsp/k12linux/f11/beta1/
> Currently the beta is under 1GB in size. Would folks
> prefer that the image include OpenOffice and educational
> apps? The image would likely be around 1.5GB in that case.
>
> Please reply here with a list of packages already in
> Fedora that you would like to be included in the image.
> Around mid-June I will spin up a release candidate for
> folks here to test.
>
> (It seems we shouldn't include Tuxtyping, Tuxmath and
> Tuxpaint because they are impossible to use over the
> network right?)
>
> * Can somebody volunteer to take charge of compiling the list?
>
> * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join
> If a package you want is not already in Fedora, then you
> need to follow the procedure to become a Fedora packager
> and add the package yourself.
>
> * No, we cannot include any packages not included in Fedora.
>
> * I am thinking to make the K12Linux F11 Live Server ISO
> x86-64 only as this is the majority of deployments. 32bit
> clients are supported by the 64bit server. 32bit servers
> are still possible if you install K12Linux on top of the
> standard Fedora 11.
>
>
>
> OpenOffice.org is an absolute must, because of all the MS
> Office files that teachers sling around. Remember that one of
> the big selling points of GNU/Linux distros is that "it
> already comes with office." This really can't be considered
> negotiable any more than the kernel can...if it's to be taken
> seriously in a North American K-12 environment.
>
> As for the educational apps, some should be included, e. g.
> ChildsPlay. After all, there's gotta be something "K12" for
> "K12Linux" to demo. :-)
>
> --TP
>
> _______________________________________________
> K12OSN mailing list
> K12OSN at redhat.com <mailto:K12OSN at redhat.com>
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
> For more info see <http://www.k12os.org>
>
> Tuxpaint works ok over the network as the animations are minimal.
> Much better than tuxtype and tuxmath anway.
>
> For really young children it's more important than openoffice.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> K12OSN mailing list
> K12OSN at redhat.com <mailto:K12OSN at redhat.com>
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
> For more info see <http://www.k12os.org>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> K12OSN mailing list
> K12OSN at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
> For more info see <http://www.k12os.org>
More information about the K12OSN
mailing list