Planning the rollout

[Dmitri Minaev]

On 2/6/07, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you mean it's not an option because you don't have someone to perform
> the configuration or it's not an option because of the existing
> configuration on some other server?

I meant because of the hardware configuration of the server. I read
that the LTSP server requires around 100Mb RAM per client. I've got
only 256...

> The next version of Edubuntu (Feisty) is supposed to include an LDAP setup.
> So, I guess it would make sense to use that for global account details.

Yes, I've heard about it and, I think, I could survive till April-May
with a simpler setup, like simply copying /etc/passwd and other such
files to the workstations :).

> for rsynced system files -- if you had the time you could learn how to make
> a debian package, and distribute the system files in a custom package.
> Then when you need to upgrade them, you could just upgrade the package and
> run apt-get upgrade on the desktops.

To create a new .deb every time I add a new user sounds like an
overkill to me...

>        http://moodle.org
> which is a learning environment which would allow teachers to let users
> download content and then submit them back for marking as "assignments".

I'll have a look, thanks.

-- 
With best regards,
Dmitri Minaev

Russian history blog: http://minaev.blogspot.com