Our users will be doing a lot of CPU intensive calculations, so I'm not sure if LTSP is the way to go, unless we get a really massive main server, and a bunch of wafer-thin clients.<br><br>I guess my question really comes down to this: There are a lot of cool things I know of that I can do with one linux computer. But what about 10 computers?
<br><br>Its should be easily managed - I'm a little bit daring, but ultimately my job is to write software, not administer it.<br><br>It should be stable - if the whole operation is not running, we've got a bunch of people whose time is valuable sitting on their hands.
<br><br>It doesn't have to be super secure - this is an academic setting, and its a small group of peers, and they're firewalled off. They understand trust.<br><br>So just throwing that out there, I'm interested in any brainstorms people might have.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Vance Kochenderfer</b> <<a href="mailto:vkochend@nyx.net">vkochend@nyx.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"Michael H. Semcheski" <<a href="mailto:mhsemcheski@gmail.com">mhsemcheski@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Each workstation would be almost identical. It shouldn't make a<br>> difference if someone logs into one or another, they should get the same
<br>> home directory.<br><br>For the ultimate in making workstations interchangeable, you may<br>want to investigate the Linux Terminal Server Project<br><<a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">http://www.ltsp.org/</a>>. This may not be a good choice if users
<br>will be doing a lot of CPU-intensive calculations or OpenGL<br>visualizations, but otherwise, it makes life easier by<br>centralizing administration.<br><br>I can't speak from personal experience, but Jim McQuillan's
<br>presentation on LTSP at Ohio LinuxFest was very compelling.<br><br>Vance Kochenderfer | "Get me out of these ropes and into a<br><a href="mailto:vkochend@nyx.net">vkochend@nyx.net</a> | good belt of Scotch" -Nick Danger
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