[04:42] <aphlat> I just installed 11.10 for the first time.  Trying to figure out how to make another user account.
[20:21] <tommyfun> Hi all
[20:22] <alkisg> Hello
[20:25] <tommyfun> do you use unbuntu in a class romm?
[20:26] <tommyfun> or do you manage a classroom of ubuntu desktops?
[20:26] <alkisg> Yes, why do you ask?
[20:29] <tommyfun> I'm trying to find some best practices
[20:30] <tommyfun> the deployment, do you image a golden master or do you install via a kickstart/preseed
[20:30] <alkisg> I'm using LTSP, so all clients boot from the server, we don't use their hard disks
[20:30] <tommyfun> and managing packages, do you install them on all the clients or do you install them on one machine and mount it across the clients
[20:31] <alkisg> One image for all clients, no seperate installations
[20:31] <tommyfun> ok, so you're virtualized
[20:31] <alkisg> No
[20:31] <alkisg> I'm just using one single network disk for all clients
[20:31] <alkisg> One image for all
[20:31] <tommyfun> ok, I'll have to look inot the solution some more
[20:32] <alkisg> How many clients do you have?
[20:32] <tommyfun> only about 40
[20:32] <alkisg> LTSP is fine for that, if you have gigabit network
[20:32] <tommyfun> hmmm, I don't think we do
[20:33] <tommyfun> I'll have to look into that
[20:33] <tommyfun> so your clients have no disks?  you use pxe?
[20:34] <alkisg> Yes, we're using pxe, but they do have disks, they're old windows machines that we switched to ubuntu
[20:34] <tommyfun> oh ok, so you have actual thin client hardware?
[20:35] <alkisg> No
[20:35] <tommyfun> I loked at the desktop virtualization from vmware, but we don't have the infrastructure for that
[20:35] <alkisg> We have old and new desktop computers
[20:35] <alkisg> And we netboot them as ltsp clients
[20:36] <tommyfun> interesting, sorry, I read that line fast
[20:36] <tommyfun> I'm looking at the ltsp web page
[20:39] <tommyfun> do you also automount home directories?
[20:39] <alkisg> LTSP uses a central home directory, yes
[20:40] <tommyfun> do you use any type of authentication?
[20:41] <alkisg> LTSP uses ssh for authentication, please read about ltsp a bit
[20:42] <alkisg> It has its own display manager, LDM
[20:42] <alkisg> You enter a username/password and in the background it uses ssh to authenticate you
[20:42] <alkisg> So it all works out of the box
[20:42] <tommyfun> right, I meant do you use AD/ldap/nis
[20:45] <alkisg> There's no need
[20:45] <alkisg> LTSP handles the client authentication
[20:46] <alkisg> So no, I'm not using any of those
[21:36] <cog> I have brasero on Edubuntu not successfully finishing generating a checksum for my new Linux sabily.  How do I correct the process of checksumming?
[21:37] <cog> It wants to generate a checksum for my new DVD but hasn't finished yet, I started yesterday over 10 hours ago.  How do I correct the program, check my disc, & enjoy my new OS?