[09:43] <meway> Hello I need a good program for simple math that also covers algebra and fractions
[09:43] <meway> any ideas?
[12:01] <mhall119> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/AppGuides/kbruch
[17:07] <dgroos> Hi.
[17:07] <dgroos> alkisg: I just was telling someone on the list server about your setup.
[17:08] <dgroos> they wondered if you were using a 100 or gig switch?
[17:09] <dgroos> Also, I told them about you using regular PC's as the fat client servers in your classes and am about to tell them that you use xubuntu to 'slim them down'.  True?
[17:11] <alkisg> False :)
[17:11] <alkisg> We use switches either with 1 or 2 gigabit ports, or full gigabit switches
[17:11] <dgroos> which part--about the xfce?
[17:11] <alkisg> And we use normal ubuntu installations
[17:11] <alkisg> We haven't tried xfce, but it shouldn't make a difference on the setup
[17:11] <alkisg> lubuntu would also work, for thinner fat clients
[17:12] <dgroos> I thought you said once that you used that to minimalize your image.
[17:12] <dgroos> OK, I
[17:12] <dgroos> I'll let him know.  Thanks.
[17:12] <alkisg> Nope, I never seen xfce or lxde in a thin/fat client environment, but especially for fats, they should work out of the box
[17:13] <dgroos> OK, what are the specs on your classroom PC servers--you do have them, right ;)
[17:14] <alkisg> We have about 250 classroom labs with ltsp, which one of them do you want? :)
[17:16] <dgroos> Show off ;) This guy is looking at his options to replace their ailing servers… how about a range of low- adequate to high- adequate?
[17:17] <alkisg> For fat clients, any 5 year old pc with a bit of ram + disk will do
[17:17] <alkisg> The network speed is the greatest asset there
[17:17] <alkisg> For thin clients, you need cpu, ram, network, etc etc
[17:18] <dgroos> Great, thanks!
[17:20] <alkisg> So, if he has some money to spare, tell him to go for 3 gb ram + 2 pci-e gigabit nics
[17:21] <alkisg> (for fat server)
[17:25] <dgroos> Do you bind those gig ports together?  I assume you have another port, perhaps a 100 meg port, to the WAN/Internet?
[17:40] <alkisg> We have cheap routers for wan/internet
[17:40] <alkisg> 2 mbps usually
[17:40] <alkisg> And yes, if one has 2 gigabit nics, he'd better bind them together