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Re: [school-discuss] Knoppix vs. Freeduc vs. ???



From: ian <ian.lynch2@ntlworld.com>
>On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 00:08, Harry McGregor wrote:
>> Another option (better), would be to not use knoppix, but setup a
good,
>> dual athlon linux terminal server (about $1200US), and make the 20
>> pentium class system pure Xterms, less hardware to fail.
>You don't need a dual processor server. A gig of RAM and a 2.4 gig
>processor will be more than enough for a thin client terminal server
for
>20 machines.
<snip>
The point is that the machines going to Guatemala are donated. I have
no budget to work with. Now, if somebody wants to donate a server like
you're talking about, just let me know. If not, they need to work as
standalones.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org