| bobnormal | hi there, i want to set up a diskless network of edubuntu clients. most machines are 32-bit but range in speed, some are 64 bit. hardware varies totally, but only one ethernet port (various chipsets). any gotchas/docs/etc specifically? i am very familiar with linux and diskless networks but not with ubuntu or edubuntu. the school i am setting this up for is in a remote part of mainland china and requires chinese language support. | 08:31 |
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| bobnormal | PS: i don't want LTSP-style 'X in cloud', rather node-local execution. | 08:32 |
| bobnormal | 'core 2 duo' etc. in docs page not looking good | 08:32 |
| bobnormal | @ http://www.edubuntu.org/documentation/11.10/installation-guide ... | 08:32 |
| bobnormal | read in non-install page about 'fat client' . that sounds right | 08:35 |
| bobnormal | where are the docs? | 08:35 |
| bobnormal | "Since LTSP 5.2.1 (that ships with Ubuntu 10.04), it?s been possible to also run everything locally. This essentially makes a terminal a complete fat client that simply uses the network as a storage device. It combines many of the benefits of thin clients and fat clients, while also requiring a less powerful server since it basically becomes just a file server." -- http://jonathancarter.org/2010/11/24/how-do-ltsp-fat-clients-work/ ... looks good. | 08:36 |
| bobnormal | will building the client using ltsp-build-client on a non-(edu)ubuntu server cause issues? | 08:36 |
| alkisg | No | 08:37 |
| bobnormal | nice. | 08:39 |
| highvoltage | stgraber: not sure if you've seen this via edubuntu-users, but I added this to the blueprint for something that we should track and consider: http://tranzistors.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/being-accepted-in-gsoc-and-revamp-of-pessulus/ | 16:41 |
| highvoltage | stgraber: I'll get in touch with the developer and let him know about our timelines and when he should have it ready if we would include it in 12.10 | 16:41 |
| highvoltage | stgraber: probably a candidate for our LTS PPA or perhaps a proper backport as well | 16:42 |
| micahg | highvoltage: sounds good for a backport (no rdeps as it's missing in precise) | 16:43 |
| highvoltage | great :) | 16:44 |
| stgraber | highvoltage: cool | 16:47 |
| alkisg | Yeah teachers would appreciate that a lot | 16:50 |
| alkisg | The developer doesn't have much experience in python/gtk though... and I hope he's willing to maintain it a bit in the future after gsoc as well | 16:51 |
| highvoltage | stgraber: where are you now? | 19:05 |
| stgraber | highvoltage: in front of you | 19:41 |
| highvoltage | heh | 19:41 |
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