Are you using the packages/tarballs from LTSP directly? I looked at them 
and decided that I wanted a more 'prepackaged' solution and grabbed the 
ISOs from the K12LTSP project for my office.

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> My thin-clients are plenty fast enough to not use xdm to run the X apps on
> the LTSP server.
> 
> One idea is to use ltspacp (contrib) to copy apps to the LTSP tree. But
> this means you install the software on the server first and then the files
> aren't registered for easy cleanup. (I need an easy solution so others can
> easily update the /opt/ltsp/i386 software.)
The apps in /opt/ltsp/i386 aren't really used beyond login are they? As 
part of the login process there is a pivot_root action that changes root 
from the /opt/ltsp/i386 to / on the LTSP machine. Once logged in that's 
where all the apps run from.

> 
> I'd prefer to not have my LTSP server be a XDM server or to run any X
> clients.
> 
> I'd prefer to use a real packaging system so I can easily add, remove and
> query installed packages. (I am using LTSP 4.)
> 
> Also, the busybox tools often have limited functionality. I'd prefer to
> use the real (coreutils, etc) versions instead.
> 
> Does anyone have any comments or advice on any of the above?
> 
> Should I use a different solution that LTSP 4?
> 
> Is there a ready-to-install window manager for LTSP 4?
> 
> Is there a ready-to-install firefox (or mozilla) for LTSP 4?
> 
> Are there ready-to-install replacements for busybox tools for LTSP 4?
> 
Are you trying to remove the busybox functionality that is usually the 
front end to pxe booting? I haven't seen it used much beyond that.

> 
> I am considering just using pkgsrc (which is a package build framework)
> for creating my own LTSP alternative. Basically, the only parts I need to
> copy from LTSP or recreate are: pxelinux and some simple booting configs.
> 
> Anyone here interested in helping or testing a new thin-client solution?

I  might be willing to play with some of this provided it doesn't take 
too much time from trying to run my own stuff.

> 
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