Re: [OS:N:] Open source in Education - with senior citizens

[Peter Billson <pete elbnet com>]

Brandon,
   You don't need a real wiz-bang server to get started. I run LTSP for a library with 7 workstations on nothing more then an old desktop PII 450 with 370Mb ram. Provides Web surfing and Word Processing to the public and works fine.

   There is also a thing in LTSP for running applications locally (aka on the workstation), which will reduce the load on the server.

Pete
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Brandon Dorman wrote:
> 
> When I was first starting I really looked hard at K12LTSP.  However, I
> don't have the funds/hardware to build a server.  Most of my computers
> are average pc's, so putting on OS on them is ok.  However, if I just
> installed linux on all of them, could the K12LTSP server me modified to
> use startup scripts and the like to say, install software, reset the
> desktop etc., when the installation is on the local harddrive, not the
> server?  Should I join k12osn-list redhat com?  (i think that's the
> list, I used to be on that too.)