Stateless linux

[Jason Powers]

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My guess is it will still be in testing. We used it last year when the
docs on the site were still sort of current, and it worked pretty well
at my office. However, I am unable to contribute code, so if you don't
know how to read over the python it's hard to troubleshoot.

Try to get it from cvs and pick through the instructions on the project
site, it's fairly easy, but in order to use it for diskless terminals
you pretty much have to have control over your router (we don't).

Still, even with what's there it makes a good system for backups and
mass installs.

At the Fedora Conference in Boston, Havoc talked about it a bit, and
there was interest among the attendees, but I get the impression they
didn't have anyone outside redhat contributing code, so they weren't
really pursuing it.

It's a shame because it was a lot easier than LTSP to get configured.
I'm still going to use it here one way or another, but it could be six
months before I can sit down and add anything to their code.

Jason

gaurav wrote:
| so ...will stateless linux is going to be included in fc 4  or not ??
|
| Stephen J. Smoogen wrote:
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|> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:56:38 +0000, Peter Dedecker
|> <Peter.Dedecker at vtk2.ugent.be> wrote:
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|>> Gaurav wrote:
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|>>
|>>>       I am interested in stateless Linux project  and would like to
|>>> volunteer  for its beta tester ... I will try roll this out in my
|>>> brother's school and after that  co workers on my office plus also
|>>> would
|>>> like to contribute to its development ....help it to take to next
|>>> level :-)
|>>>
|>>
|>> Nice
|>>
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|>>
|>>> I would like to know what state this project is in ? is anybody
|>>> involved
|>>> in active testing/ testing development ? Do you need beta tester ...
|>>>
|>>
|>> It isn't in active development right now.  At Red Hat, they don't even
|>> know if they'll continue it.  But if they continue it, there'll be a
|>> team working on it.
|>>
|>>
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|> Well maybe Red Hat should talk to they have been selling to  in the US
|> Government networks. There is a major need for a packaged conformed
|> stateless linux product for various networks. The defense department
|> and energy departments are needing to put 1000's of computers as
|> diskless nodes. Having say RHEL-4 with a stateless station should be a
|> good selling point.
|>
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|>>> all like minded (stateless  people ;-) ) pl let me know if interested
|>>>
|>>
|>> You can see my experiences at
|>> http://blog.eikke.com/index.php/fedorastateless
|>>
|>> Good luck!
|>>
|>> --
|>> Peter Dedecker                      Peter.Dedecker at VTK.UGent.be
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