Re: [K12OSN] Some server questions

[Trond Mæhlum <trondrm c2i net>]

jam mcquil com wrote:
> I'd try to have a small boot server in each school.  That would get your 
> thin clients booted.  Then, you could have centrally located application 
> servers if you want.

Is there some documentation on how to set this up? I would'nt know how
to do it. I have just set up single all-in-one servers. How large
should the servers be for example?


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> What about SkoleLinux, I know that is gaining popularity in schools 
> in Norway.
SkoleLinux which means "SchoolLinux" is gaining poularity, yes. But as
far as I know only single schools have started to use it as of now, but
many schools use it with great success. I now work at city hall in a
town in Norway as a part of the IT-staff. We have decided to roll out
Linux on all our schools. 

I have ordered one SkoleLinux server from a supplier, which comes
pre-configured and ready to use. But I am most comfortable with
K12LTSP. Given that SL is in beta or pre 1.0 and K12LTSP has reached
4.0, it seems like a safer bet. I will take a close look at the
SkoleLinux and see if I like it. Perhaps I will, It's still LTSP :) The
SkoleLinux team has done a great job here in Norway.

Another thing is that SL is based on Debian, I am a Redhat, now Fedora
user myself.

The reason for my SCSI question is that this server, a dual Xeon 2.4
with 2GB RAM comes with one 80GB IDE disk...Perhaps I should ask them
to replace it with SCSI then


Thank you 

Trond Mæhlum