Re: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time

[ian <ian.lynch@zmsl.com>]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:10, garry saddington wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 April 2004 3:34 pm, daniel.hunt@iibbank.ie wrote:
> > Hey there everyone,
> >
> > this is my first time on this list so go easy eh? :o)
> >
> > I'm basically trying to 'gently push' the school towards linux - as the
> > LTSP (ltsp.org) project will make _everything_ alot easier to do :) the
> > only problem is the fact that they need a new server! (Microsoft licensing
> > fees are RIDICULOUS!)
> >
> > I'm opting for a dual xeon box with 2x gig lan connected to a 100LAN
> > network ... theres two labs, each on their own subnet, so thats why i'm
> > going to use two server lan cards.
> >
> > I've been quoted for roughly 3500Euro (down from retail price of 6500E)
> > from Dell.
> >
> > One thing that I am concerned about is that the computers teacher doesnt
> > mind the pupils playing network
> > games (such as AvP (Aliens versus Predator) or Quake etc ...) - I know in
> > linux you can still play some FPS
> > games, but with LTSP I can see this being a problem! :) Has anyone got any
> > comments on this?
> >
> Why not look at dual Athlon MP SCSI 320 H/D, 2Gb Ram, Gig NIC for around £1000 
> so buy two and let the kids play games!

Its not just the servers, but bandwidth and latency across the network.

> regards
> garry
> ps are you in England?
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ian <ian.lynch@zmsl.com>