ubuntu LTSP move done ... testers wanted

[Travis Smith]

Thanks Oliver for the info. Looking forward to testing out ltsp 5 and
hopefully local apps in the future.

On Jan 18, 2008 7:22 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> people that follow the edubuntu development (in the IRC channel or at
> the weekly edubuntu meetings) will have noticed that the edubuntu-server
> iso will go away with the hardy release and instead all ltsp bits move
> to the ubuntu-alternate iso while edubuntu itself will become an addon
> CD to the different ubuntu flavours (server/desktop etc)...
>
> as of todays daily iso build the move of ltsp is done, ubuntu-alternate
> has the same capability of building a working ltsp out of the box as
> edubuntu-server had until now. the plan is that with the alpha4 release
> of ubuntu the edubuntu-server CD wont be built anymore.
>
> the current ubuntu alternate iso can be found under (only available for
> three days as the daily builds rotate and i cant promise there is no
> dependency breakage in the next dailies so if you want to help testing
> take this one):
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/20080118/
>
> there is no integration with the CD bootmenu yet (the final version will
> have an option: "Install Terminal Server" or something similar)
>
> to install an ubuntu sytem with LTSP use the instructions at the bottom
> of this mail (note the install is optimized for a two NIC setup on the
> server, if the installer finds only one NIC it will notify you about
> manual changes you have to make)
>
> the progress bar of the chroot building might appear a bit unresponsive
> (sitting at 50% for a while) and there is a known prob with the fonts in
> ldm, i'd like to hear about any further found bugs/problems asap so we
> can make sure to have the best rocking ltsp5 we ever had with hardy :)
>
> instructions:
>
> -- snip --
>
> hit F6 after selecting language, VGA and all other options you need at
> the installer bootmenu of the CD.
> a comandline will appear at the bottom right, append the following
> behind the two dashes:
>
> ltsp-client-builder/run=true
>
> this will run the ltsp setup at the end of the install, if your machine
> has two network cards the thin client network will then be ready out of
> the box on the spare network card after your first reboot.
>
> -- snap --
>
> ciao
>        oli
>
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