Life after LTSP

[Asmo Koskinen]

12.11.2010 17:06, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) kirjoitti:

> I find it interesting, we had some DRBL discussion quite a while back,
> and I'm interested in all the renewed enthusiasm around it.
>
> In particular, I'd like to find out more about what DRBL offers that
> "ltsp-build-client --fat-client --fat-client-desktop ubuntu-desktop"
> wouldn't give you?

I have been here for years, first setup was SuSE/LTSP4.x, then Ubuntu 
6.06/LTSP4.x and now Ubuntu 10.04/LTSP-Cluster. And all the time 
question from the users/pupils/teachers is - I think - can I do with 
this client same thing that I do with my regular PC at home?

I do have one very poor real thin client here at home. HP t5125 
(manufactured September 2006 by the label).

root at ltsp200:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo CLE266]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] 
(rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo 
CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics (rev 03)
root at ltsp200:~#

So let's find out what DRBL or LTSP can do with it or with much more 
powerful machine like Duo Core Atom/ION. I can use this weekend and few 
days in next week for testing.

I try to answer after that to you, and to the list.

Best Regards Asmo Koskinen.