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How Do LTSP Fat Clients Work
How Do LTSP Fat Clients Work
How Do LTSP Fat Clients Work
Installation is easy
Step 1: Install the ltsp-server-standalone package
Install it from the command line using apt-get install ltsp-server-standalone or by installing it from the Ubuntu Software Centre. If youd like to configure a DHCP server seperately, then you should use the ltsp-server package instead.
chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get install htop openarena stellarium vlc The example above will change-root to the ltsp environment and install htop, openarena, stellarium and vlc. These are just examples, you can choose any other software that you intend to run on your LTSP fat client. Next, sync the ssh keys (used for logins) and update the LTSP image: ltsp-update-sshkeys ltsp-update-image
Frequently Asked Questions 1. Does this take up a lot of RAM on the workstations? Does it take long for the initial image to download?
The diskless workstation will use the LTSP image in a similar way as a local hard disk and will only read the information over the network as required. It doesnt download the whole image at boot time, so it doesnt slow down the boot process by installing more software and it doesnt use any additional RAM either.
DRBL is an alternative to LTSP that does diskless fat clients only. LTSP already matches all the functionality of DRBL, and on top of that supports multiple architectures, mixed thin/fat environments, individual client configuration as well as being properly packaged in Debian and Ubuntu already. Spending more valuable resources on supporting DRBL in Edubuntu wouldnt bring any benefit to any of our users, although if someone wants it really badly, well be happy to review any packages that they submit through the usual process.