Tuxlab

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 17/10/05, Tim Vaughan <talltim at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm investigating setting up an IT lab at the rehab I work at in
> London.  Most of our network admin is done by Ubuntu already (only
> exception is the router, which runs FreeBSD) and I'd like to be able
> to show that Ubuntu is a viable option for this purpose.  I've
> contacted the people at tuxlab.co.za, asking for documentation on how
> they set up their tuxlabs but with no response so far.  Does anyone
> have links to information about this - either specifically on how the
> Tuxlabs are set up or more generally on using Ubuntu in an IT
> lab/educational context?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim

I don't have any information on Tuxlab, per se, but I've been playing
with LTSP on Breezy this morning and I'm impressed. You might want to
take a look at it for the lab -- you just need one moderately beefy PC
and a bunch of thin clients (or any PC with or without a hard drive).
I just saw a set of four HP thin clients on sale on eBay for about
$200 (about £100) sans display, so it can be done pretty cheaply, and
you don't have to worry about LDAP or another user synchronization.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinClientHowto

I'm in London too (well, Middlesex, which sort of counts). Let me know
if you want to try setting one up. I'd like practice on putting a
larger network together.

-Eamonn