Hello All, I have gotten permission to do a demo for members of a class
on (hold your noses) Windows XP pro. I tend to talk linux up and some of
my classmates are interested.
Here is the demo. Even though my laptop runs Redhat, I'm going to boot
it from a clusterKnoppix disk. I then have a bash script that is just a
buch of nested loops that run CPU usage up to 100% which I will run.
Next I will launch openMosix and boot a couple of PCs over the network
from my laptop, running clusterKnoppix. I will boot them in text mode.
Next I will launch the bash script again, and via a nice openMosix
viewer, will show them how the load on the CPU is now balanced between
all 3 computers.
Lastly, I will reconfigure openMosic to boot the PCs to a KDE desktop. I
will then let whoever wants to, play around with the KDE desktops while
I simultaneously again launch the bash script, balance the load amoung
the 3 boxes, showing how each computer can still be used as a desktop
with little or no degradation of performance.
I have done all of this and it all works real well. The instructor is
99% sure that the classroom PC use PXE booting, but in case they don't,
I'm bringing a mini-itx box that I have already tried all this out on
just in case the classroom PCs don't want to play.
I am also bringing my own router and cables just to be sure again.
On the one hand the demo seems a bit complex, but as I am bringing
enough of my own gear, which I have run the described demo on several
times before, to do everything, without having to use any of the
classroom gear, I'm very confident that all will go well.
I can't wait to see what a bunch of windows people will think when shown
what a real OS can do.
I'll give a post demo report as well.
Charlie
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