Tech Notes, 5/12/04
.: LTSP Training
I suggested to Jay, Mike and Terry that we hold a LTSP installation
demonstration quarterly for our volunteers and others.
Our core volunteers haven't installed a LTS network in quite a while. We
need to stay fresh. There is no telling when one of my thin-client/server
proposals will hit.
Will someone (Goose?) with a big pipe download the latest K12LTSP distro
and burn CDs for me? I will use the disks to practice the install and give
the first demo.
.: Distro Madness
We are still in limbo re moving to one distro for everything. Which is to
say we use VL on FreeBoxes, K12LTSP (Fedora Core) for FreeLabs and we are
experimenting with Debian/LTSP.
At some point Debian NP, the official Debian project to create a distro
suited to non-profits, will be ready for prime time. Debian NP is
collaborating with the Scandinavian SkoleLinux project. SkoleLinux is
developing a distro for schools using LTSP technology. So NP looks promising.
But, until Debian NP is good enough, we will be supporting VL and K12LTSP
in the field.
.: Give'em What They Ask For
FreeBox recipients ask for, in the following order, a: . modem . printer . sound card and speakers . collection of games
