[frgeek-michiana] Re: LTSP terminal or lab workstation?
- From: "Tom Brown" <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:21 -0500
Oops, didn't see the ARM search link on the Debian LTSP packages page.
Vector doesn't support ARM. If Menq, the manufacturer, up scales to the Atom
processor, we're good to go. If it doesn't, we may need to wait for an
affordable ($100 -$150) netbook which uses the Atom processor.
Tom
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Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: LTSP terminal or lab workstation?
Tom Brown wrote:
> I'm hoping the E790 model sells well and the manufacturer tries a 10"
> screen, 90+% keyboard and Atom processor, at a low price point. Unless
> Debian supports both the ARM processor and LTSP (no evidence of that
> yet), or the manufacturer uses the Atom, we'll be out of luck.
>
> http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/
Quick glance... Debian does support ARM. We need to know that
version of ARM the E790 uses...
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ltsp
> Tom
>
You do not use Debian packages (Do they have Debian packages for
LTSP?). You use the generic LTSP packages. I have the old version 4.2 of
LTSP which works just fine. No reason for a newer one. I'll need to read
up to see if it's worth a version change.
Although, you would want LTSP running on Vector Linux anyhow since
that is what we give out w/ the Freeboxes... It's already been done w/
the Warehouse server.
Richard
> Mike Cook wrote:
>> That particular unit uses a 533MHz, ARM9 based, Samsung S3C2450, RISC
>> processor. I'm not sure how well it would be supported in LTSP,
>> definitely not a standard kernel. It comes with WindowsCE and they
>> say it will run Android. Sounds like it could be cool though if you
>> ditch the WinCE which isn't fully ARM compatible. As far as I can
>> tell there are no US suppliers for any MenQ products and it looks
>> like MenQ is selling to oem's, not consumers, so the $80 price might
>> be an oem price rather than a consumer price. The 7" screen might be
>> a problem for us blind-as-a-bat types too. There are a number of
>> inexpensive ARM based netbooks either planned or in pre-production
>> now and they promise adequate performance , long battery life, and
>> excellent Linux compatibility. Not a gaming or compiling environment
>> but good for general purpose web surfing and word processing.
>> Hopefully some of these systems might someday become available in the
>> US.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Tom Brown wrote:
>>> EasyPC E790, $80 (yes, eighty USD)
>>>
>>>
http://www.techgadgets.in/misc-gadgets/2009/16/menq-presents-easypc-e790-min
>>>
>>> i-pc/
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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