[K12OSN] Plans for K12Linux EL6 and Future Fedora

[Jeff Siddall]

On 05/11/2011 06:20 PM, Warren Togami Jr. wrote:
> On 5/11/2011 12:15 PM, Warren Togami Jr. wrote:
>>
>> i686 is considered to be:
>>
>> * "Pentium Pro or later"
>> * "AMD K6 (but not all) or later"
>> * "Via C7" or later
>> * Geode LX, but not Geode GX
> 
> OK, Geode LX may not be supported either, likely due to the userspace
> libraries being built with certain compiler flags.
> 
> Warren

I guess my "lowly" Atom clients are screamers compared to some people's
old junk but can't those people with really ancient hardware just stick
with K12LTSP (LTSP4)?  Anyone running K12Linux has already had to deal
with the lack of i586 support for a number of years now.

Even if new clients were required to keep things running for another
seven years (is that really so bad?), it's literally a matter of $86 per
machine to get an 1.66 GHz Atom D410 and 1 GB DDR2 RAM from newegg.com.
 Some searching could probably find some even cheaper options.

Jeff