[OPLINTECH] Edubuntu and LTSP

[Chip Kruthoffer]

We are looking to Edubuntu <http://www.edubuntu.org/>and LTSP (Linux
Terminal Server Project) <http://www.ltsp.org/> as a way to reuse old
hardware (of which we have a lot!) in 2008.

I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has had success with this in a
real-world, public setting.

I'm especially interested in learning how you are locking Firefox as a
kiosk, client/server ratios, server performance over a WAN, "real life"
server requirements, if you are using any sort of computer reservation/time
management software with Linux, patron reactions, and/or anything else
related to this you'd like to share.

I have watched Jim Mann's (oldcomputermann's) YouTube
vids<http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=oldcomputermann&p=r>
.

At a minimum, we'd like to replace our many "catalog-only" PCs with
Edubuntu-based Firefox kiosks in 2008. I have an Edubuntu 7.04 server up and
running and am booting clients to it via PXE. Pretty exciting stuff, but I'm
a "noob"  to most of this. Success stories (or cautionary tales) welcome!

Thanks,

Chip Kruthoffer, Head of Systems
Lane Public Library ~ http://www.lanepl.org
1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 894-6558
Email: c <dot> kruthoffer <at> lanepl <dot> org
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