[K12OSN] Install packages from full Fedora 10

[Les Mikesell]

Michael Izak wrote:
> Now I am confused.  And getting frustrated.
> 
> I explained this before. 
> 
> I tried K12Linux (Fedora 10 with LTSP 5) and it is a bowderlized version 
> of Fedora 10. It does not let you create network shares (samba) or 
> anything much else because much of the necessary packages are missing. 
> (or, are they? If so, point them out where they are? )
> 
> You mention K12LTSP 5.0EL.  It is said to be part of Fedora 9 but I 
> cannot find it anywhere. 

K12LTSP5EL is a CentOS based version with LTSP4.  It is aging, but pretty much 
self-contained, if you really have to have that.
http://www.k12ltsp.org/mediawiki/index.php/DownLoad

> I am not a Linux geek and I want to create a simple terminal server 
> setup with the full packages from Fedora 10 and not some cut up 
> shortened version of Fedora 10 that is called K12Linux/K12LTSP whatever.
> 
> I don't understand why LTSP 5 software cannot be found to be 
> downloaded?  I don't understand why LTSP 5 can't be RPM'd into Fedora 10 
> or 12?  And all of you keep pointing me back to some K12Linux which I 
> keep saying it does not contain the full version of Fedora 10? 
> 
> There's a big difference between the older verision of K12Linux (Fedora 
> 6 LTSP 4) and your current K12Linux (Fedora 10 LTSP 5).   The older 
> version is the full Fedora 6 with all the packages and the current 
> version is not even half of the Fedora 10 package. 
> 
> Can anybody help me by explaining the genius thinking behind selling a 
> K12Linux package whose elevator does not go all the way to the top or 
> explain to me where to FIND a LTSP 5 package and download it and install 
> it on a full packaged Fedora 10.

Is it really not possible to connect the machine to the internet (or through a 
proxy) after the install and simply 'yum install ...' whatever packages you 
want?  Fedora is a pretty fast-changing distribution anyway and you'll probably 
want to keep it up to date with 'yum update' too.

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   Les Mikesell
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