[K12OSN] Preparing K12Linux F11

[Terrell Prude' Jr.]

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
>
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>     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.
>
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