Re: [K12OSN] Seeking advice and help combining K12LTSP, OpenMosix and ThinStat

[Jon Spriggs <jon spriggs gmail com>]

As much as I agree with you - I'm using K12LTSP for a training project
for IT helpdesk users... if they can break it, they'll really try -
even if it's just so they can try and work out how to get the internet
working from in here, they'll try it! Grrr.

Anyway... I understand what you're saying, and I'll give it a whirl.
Does anyone know how to install on a terminal the cut down kernel that
was mentioned in an earlier post?

Thanks,

Jon

On Apr 8, 2005 2:41 PM, David Trask <dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us> wrote:
> Jon Spriggs <jon spriggs gmail com> on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 3:55 AM
> +0000 wrote:
> >Although individual users are clever,
> >groups of users are usually dumb, and to maintain the KISS regime, I
> >want to make the whole process as simple as possible to stop them from
> >ballsing it all up...
> 
> give your users a little more credit.  I have a K-8 school and they do
> just fine....the trick is to try and keep things as simple for them as
> possible.  We have one common log in....regardless of platform.  Since we
> use Samba/LDAP with K12LTSP the same username, password, and home dir
> exists for each user regardless of platform.  My kids always log in to
> Linux...then if and when they need to go to Windows they simply click on
> the menu item in IceWM (you can make one for Gnome or KDE if need
> be)....and away they go.  Quite simple really and they all manage to do it
> just fine.  (We have about 700 users)  Using ThinStation is probably going
> to be overkill and add one more thing to the chain that probably doesn't
> need to be there.  Just my $.02.
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us
> (207)923-3100
> 
> 


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