[K12OSN] ltsp on MIPS and ARM architecture

[Mathieu Pelletier]

  Greetings LTSP geniuses,

I am looking into purchasing some proper thin clients for our computer 
lab (we are currently using converted P4/P3 systems).  However, the 
units I am considering have either a MIPS or ARM processor.  I am 
curious to know if anyone has tested these architectures with LTSP.  The 
units are completely solid state and run about $50 or so per unit.  More 
importantly they have a very low power consumption.  This last point is 
of critical importance to long term goals as we are looking to 
installing solar panels to power the lab since power from the grid here 
in Zimbabwe is extremely unreliable.

Any ideas?

~Cheers,

Mathieu Pelletier
Biblical Studies Department
Theological College of Zimbabwe

Tel: +263 9 287032/3 Ext: 214
mpelletier at tcz.co.zw <mailto:mpelletier at tcz.co.zw>
www.tczonline.com <http://www.tczonline.com>
Chat Google Talk: mkpelletier Skype: mathieu.pelletier

> Send K12OSN mailing list submissions to
> 	k12osn at redhat.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	k12osn-request at redhat.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	k12osn-owner at redhat.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of K12OSN digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>     1. Re: LTSP for 486 (Dan Young)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:46:32 -0700
> From: Dan Young<dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
> To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
> 	<k12osn at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP for 486
> Message-ID:
> 	<AANLkTikXuPX=wgZrC0FZgf-6DBd3gG+6Pca3n4VaSht5 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Bryan Buchanan<bryanb at webbtide.com>  wrote:
>> I've loaded FC13 (i386 version) and LTSP. The LTSP packages have a
>> kernel compiled for i686.
>>
>> Unfortunately, my thin clients (Microclient Jr DX and MX) are only 486
>> compatible, so won't boot with this new version.
>>
>> Am I able to get a 486 version or build this (easily !) ?
> Hi Bryan,
>
> This page probably summarizes the issue:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/F12X86Support
>
> Your best bet may be getting a prebuilt client chroot from from an
> earlier version of Fedora, as described in step four here:
> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/RHEL5Server
>
> --
> Dan Young<dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
> Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
> 503-257-1562
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> K12OSN mailing list
> K12OSN at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
>
> End of K12OSN Digest, Vol 79, Issue 1
> *************************************
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/attachments/20100901/33a33b08/attachment.htm>