A small LTSP network setup

[theo.schmidt at wilhelmtux.ch]

Am 12.06.2012 23:02, wrote Faisal:
...
> I have today found out more about the client machines and they are
> better than what i expected. I am told they are Celeron dual core 2.4
> GHz, 2 GB RAM & 40 GB HD. I will pick them up this coming Friday and
> confirm. If they are as described, then I guess this falls into the
> "beefy" category below.  The organization is moving soon to another
> building and that is where the installation will take place so i still
> have some time to test things.
...

Hi Faisal,

I think such machines are a complete overkill for a LTSP setup. One of 
the main advantages, less use of electricity and resources, is 
completely negated. With more RAM, each one could easily act as the 
terminal server!

With such machines, I would instead of LTSP set up a master computer and 
a system for cloning this to the others, which is done at regular intervals.

I do use LTSP myself and like it a lot, but if you do not have an 
administrator handy, the school will be completely blocked if there is a 
problem with the server.

Indeed, without an administrator and with such powerful machines, I 
would use live images of edubuntu, to run from a read-only partition of 
the hard disk or from personal USB-sticks of the users. A bit more work 
setting this up, but afterwards very robust.

Cheers, Theo Schmidt