Re: Good distro for underpowered computers?

On Saturday 01 January 2005 10:59 pm, Craig White wrote:
> You dismiss the best idea out of hand as being too expensive but you
> cannot overlook practicality and usefulness of a well conceived solution
> that undoubtedly will cost less in the long run and probably short run
> too.
>
> LTSP is the way to go - no question about it. A system with the right
> hardware for the server could probably be done on the cheap.
>
> If the sole focus is doing this without spending money, then massive
> amounts of energy will be spent on getting them to run and keeping them
> running. If the focus is on doing the job the right way, LTSP makes the
> most sense.

I don't dismiss LTSP out of hand. As I discussed things with them, they were
obviously confused by the LTSP concept. They don't have an IT person on
staff all the time. They have to get volunteers and/or wait some days before
computer issues can be addressed. At that one meeting, I could not get the
manager to see the benefit (or fully grasp the concept, I think).

I will have to discuss it with them again, especially if the computers have
only 64MB of RAM or somthing like that. There is an education curve to climb
for LTSP. And, I'll have to dig into what hardware they may already have
that would be suitable for an LTSP server.

> A current distro is gonna be too heavy for old hardware, even with
> lighter duty desktop / window manager.

I'll get more details about the hardware this week. Then, I'll know if it is
even worth it to attempt something current.

> of course you should see
> <http://linux.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=1976>

The link from on that page is broken. Is it an article about LTSP?

Alan
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