Edubuntu/ ltsp? [was Re: VMware ]

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:13:02 -0600
"Dave Grundgeiger" <dave.grundgeiger at codenouveau.com> wrote:

> There are two things that I would be concerned about. The first is 
> performance--you do pay a price for the virtualization layer, and you say 
> these are old boxes. Second is licensing--you'll still need a Windows 
> license for each virtual machine.

just an idea - what if the lab was set up with Edubuntu/ ltsp using all the
boxes as thin clients, and running vmware only on the application server,
which would be obviously a much more powerful machine ?

In this case you are only running windows in *one* virtual machine,
( one license?) and assuming that the server has enough power to handle the
thin clients all running from it, you also negate the performance hit from
using old boxes.

I have no idea if this would work - it just came to mind. 

Oliver? Any other Edubuntu / ltsp gurus?

Peter

Peter