Re: [seul-edu] Linux in Elementry

[James Oden <joden@eworld.wox.org>]

> 
> I agree with James and would strongly suggest this stategy. It is on my
> own agenda here in Canberra Australia.  In fact, my stategy was to build
> a supplementary CD to the K12 Linux Terminal Server Project
> www.k12ltsp.org, as I think in terms of both hardware cost and ease of
> system administration Terminal Servers are the way to go.  It allows
> cheap or free hardware to be used for terminals but the users still
> experience the responsiveness of a newer system (assuming adequate
> server performance for the number of users).
>
One of things you might have to work into overlay of this type, is some
knowledge of what packages should be installed on the system, and what 
should not be installed.  In this way, you can check the packages that are
installed, and then request the original distro CD to add those packages 
that you depend on.  If you took the approach of also removing some packages
you should then prompt the user to verify that this is OK.  The reason
I mention this is my experience with standard RH installs and Mandrake 
installs which generally do crazy things in my oppinion.

Cheers...james