[K12OSN] LTSP 4.2

[Paul VanGundy]

All,

I have been corrected.

-Paul



Quoting Jim McQuillan <jam at mcquil.com>:

>
>
> David Trask wrote:
>> vangundypw at sau14.k12.nh.us on Sunday, April 09, 2006 at 9:06 AM +0000
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ramon,
>>>
>>> Excellent question. Yes, it does. However the integration of LTSP into
>>> Edubuntu wasn't done properly. The Ubuntu/Edubuntu development teams
>>> know this and are trying to correct it in their next version of Edubuntu
>>> (6.06). Therefore, Edubuntu isn't a reliable LTSP distribution at this
>>> time. I hope this helps!
>>>
>>> -Paul
>>
>> Actually, it's not that it wasn't done properly, but yet it was done
>> differently.  This is actually a MueKow implementation of LTSP. 
>> AND...remember that the LTSP bits were essentially shoved into 
>> Edubuntu
>> just prior to the last release in October, thus there is a long way to go.
>>
> I'm not sure where you got the idea that the LTSP bits were shoved 
> into Edubuntu just prior to release in October.
>
> There were 4 of us LTSP/K12LTSP guys at the Ubuntu developers meeting 
> in Sydney at the end of April, working VERY closely with the Ubuntu 
> developers, to put LTSP into Breezy Ubuntu and Edubuntu.  In fact, 
> preliminary work on this was started at a meeting in Portland Oregon, 
> between Eric Harrison, Matt Zimmerman and myself at the end of 
> February 2005.  So, to think that LTSP in Edubuntu was a last minute 
> thing is both inaccurate and an insult to the developers that worked 
> so hard on the LTSP/Ubuntu integration.
>
> Jim McQuillan
> jam at Ltsp.org
>
>>  I know we'll see a huge improvement in Dapper as Oliver Grauwert and the
>> rest of the Edubuntu team are working hard on this.  So....it's not that
>> it wasn't done properly....it was indeed....in fact it's pretty cool to
>> see the result of one of the first MueKow implementations.  Now...I do
>> happen to agree that I would not recommend this implementation of
>> Edubuntu/LTSP for production use...and the Edubuntu guys would agree with
>> me.  The Breezy implementation was more of a "proof-of-concept" as opposed
>> to the release we should see with Dapper.  Also....Matt and I met at 
>> length with Warren Togami, Chris DeKoneigsburg,
>> and several other Fedora/Redhat folks about LTSP, K12LTSP (in particular)
>> , and Linux in Education in general.  It was such an exciting
>> conversation/meeting that I still have goosebumps.  Warren and Chris are
>> very cool and they too shared our enthusiasm for Linux in education. 
>> Many...many...points were discussed, but in short....we're going to 
>> see
>> some seriously cool support for the K12LTSP project and Linux in Education
>> in general coming our way over the next few months.  Hang on....it's going
>> to be a great ride!
>>
>> David N. Trask
>> Technology Teacher/Director
>> Vassalboro Community School
>> dtrask at vcsvikings.org
>> (207)923-3100
>>
>>
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Paul VanGundy
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