Creating a school computer lab with edbuntu and ltsp

[David Groos]

Hey Jeremy, you sold on thin clients or are you considering localapps and
fatclients too?
David G
On May 20, 2012 8:55 PM, "Jeremy Schubert" <jschubert at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thanks for the info Mike,  I will create a virtual machine edubuntu server
> to test this all out.  But here are a few more initial questions fro you
> and everyone else.  And I'd appreciate any documentation links.
>
> 1.  Specs for the server?  Assume it was hosting 30 thin clients.
> 2.  I assume that when a client logs in from a machine, their profile
> (home?) is loaded onto the server so they can move from server to server.
>  What is the best way of locking down settings per groups?  (For example,
> what programs they can access, what happens when they surf the net, how
> much access they have to modifying desktops and backgrounds and if thos
> modifications remain after logging out...)
> 3.  Can I run batch scripts (or equivelants) to map home folders and other
> folders/directories for users to access?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Biancaniello" <mikebianc at aol.com>
> To: jschubert at shaw.ca, edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:55:27 PM
> Subject: RE: Creating a school computer lab with edbuntu and ltsp
>
> You really don't need all of the partitions. You can certainly create them
> in the install, though.
> Personally, I prefer to keep the stuff for which I need RAID to be off on
> its own server that just handles that and then use NFS to mount the shares
> (SMB if I must share to windows).
>
> Edubuntu can install the LTSP during the initial install.
> The standard install is to have 2 NICs on the server. One on the main
> ethernet (access to internet or other stuff like printers, shares, etc) and
> one to a private ethernet that hosts only the server and the ltsp clients.
>
> You can install the server with only a single NIC, but remember that it
> will answer DHCP requests for anything on that network, so if you have
> another dhcp server, you would have to edit the edubuntu dhcp config to
> only answer for the MAC addresses of the client PCs and ignore all others.
>
> The PXE clients don't need any operating system (mine don't even have hard
> drives), but you might need to edit the bios to ensure that the NIC is
> configured to boot "w/pxe."
>
>
> All of the clients will use the credentials on the edubuntu server to log
> in. You can, however, configure the server to use existing domain creds. I
> can't give you any info on setting that up, as I use kerberos in my house.
>
> I know that's kind of rambled, but hopefully it will help. I can always
> answer more pointed questions or clarify if requested.
>
>
>
>
> From : Jeremy Schubert <jschubert at shaw.ca>
> To : edubuntu-users <edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent : Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 8:04 pm
> Subject : Creating a school computer lab with edbuntu and ltsp
>
>
> Hello there,
> I'm used stetting up school computer labs in the following fashion:
> 1. A group of client computers running windows xp or 7
> 2. A widows 2003 server with
> - 2 NICs
> - lots of ram
> - a system partition
> - a hidden partition for log files
> - a data partition for users
> - a partition for ISO files and programs that have to eunn from the server.
> 3. Workstations joined ro the domain forcing users ro login with domain
> credentials.
> 4. Roaming or
> mandatory profiles.
> 5. Group polocies to enforce certain settings
>
> I'd like to try the same thing with edbuntu and ltsp. So , basically, can I
> 1. Instal edbuntu on a box with lots of ram and partitions (raid5?)
> 2. Then install LTSI
> 3. Then star the work stations on PXE mode to connect to the server?
>
>
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