[OPLINTECH] Edubuntu and LTSP

[Dan Will]

Please post all replies to the list as I am sure several of us are
interested as well.
Thanks,
Dan Will
Technology Supervisor
Meigs County District Public Library
willda at oplin.org
740.992.5813
740.992.6140 (fax)

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Fiction has to make sense.
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org]On
Behalf Of Chip Kruthoffer
  Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:34 PM
  To: oplintech at oplin.org
  Subject: [OPLINTECH] Edubuntu and LTSP


  We are looking to Edubuntu and LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) 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.

  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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