[school-discuss] Re: [OS:N:] A cry for help,

[Eric Harrison <eharrison@mail.mesd.k12.or.us>]

Well, first-things-first, have Tim sign up for the K12LTSP list,
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn  Since we're all
working on the same problem set, this would be a good place to look
for help. For the heavy-technical LTSP questions, joing the LTSP
discuss list http://www.ltsp.org/mailinglists.php

Take OpenOffice, for example. I've had multi-user OpenOffice
packages available for some time now. Here's links the latest:


ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/distributions/testing/K12LTSP-2.1.0-beta/RPM/OpenOffice-suite-1.0-3.i386.rpm

ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/distributions/testing/K12LTSP-2.1.0-beta/RPM/OpenOffice-suite-configs-1.0-3.noarch.rpm

Also be sure to check out Stefan Furtmayr's FAQ:
http://www.bn-paf.de/k12ltsp/tips.html

-Eric

On Sun, 12 May 2002, Chris Calise wrote:

>Hello Paul ,
>we are working on setting up a LTSP at a local middle school. Tim
Rogers trogers@head-start.lane.or.us from Head Start asked our local
Linux folks for some  help, but  I don't think anyone has
volunteered yet. I thought you might be able to give him some
guidance. I wish I could help but I am more the activist side of our
efforts here in Lane County. We are deploying soon, perfect or not.
We are trying to form a cohesive group here to offer training and
mentoring. We also need to work on hardware. But I do believe, like
you, that having this as user friendly as possible is the only way
to assure acceptance by schools.
>
>
>Here is Tim's post:
>
>> Actually, what I would like is some help in setting up - and
documenting
>> - a limited, user-proof configuration of LTSP. It really is more
of a
>> security and Window Manager (XFce is what I am leaning toward)
issue
>> than a LTSP issue.
>>
>> I have a working LTSP network - using two Ethernet cards and a
private
>> subnet like L12LTSP does - working. What I need is for someone
with some
>> time to give to tweak the setup, optimize the XFree86-4
configuration
>> for each workstation, set up and secure a login configuration,
and try
>> to resolve some of the issues around running more than one copy
of, say,
>> OpenOffice.org as a particular user.
>>
>> In short, I have it working. But it isn't perfect, and is not
>> bulletproof. I would like to find a bulletproof configuration,
and get
>> it documented so that we can roll out the setup all over the
community.
>>
>> Anyone have some time?
>
>
>Anyone who can help,
>Please contact Tim .
>
>Thanks Again
>
>Chris Calise
>LaneCC Open Source Group
>http://staff.lanecc.edu/lccoscg/
>Eugene, Oregon