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LTSP Server

Submitted by Thezmann on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 06:09.

Has anyone setup a LTSP server lately?
I am getting a cost list together for an installation at my son's school. I am trying to order a Quad Core Server from Dell (PowerEdge 840) and a bunch of MicroClient Jr. from NorhTec. Has anyone used this hardware before? I was thinking of just using the Fedora Core Installation.
 
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The Zmann

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ltsp

Submitted by carboman on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 03:58.

There is a distro called k12ltsp made specifically from fedora.  It seems to be more hardware client friendly than the other ltsp distributions. I use the old version. I would also sign up for the k12ltsp mailing list.  www.k12ltsp.org is a good starting place.  As for the clients, I would make sure they can do a pxe boot. I would also get as much ram as possible for the server. ltsp 4 old rule of thumb: 256m base + (64m * numberofclients)    4 clients would be:  256 + (64*4)  or 512 megs of ram.
ltsp 5 and 6 may have less stringent requirements.