The City of Largo's Linux-based terminal-server network was brought to
the attention of this list several weeks ago and a follow-up article by
Robin Miller
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/10/1441239
gave it national (?world) attention. Here's another article about Largo
published since then:
http://www.consultingtimes.com/Largo.html
It appears these sys admins in Largo have been at it for a number of
years and have pieced together something very special that will
hopefully be considered and adopted elsewhere in schools, government,
and in the business sector. As I understand it, there is a project that
has been going on since last year that would simplify the setup of a
terminal-server network - here are some links:
http://www.ltsp.org/index.php
http://www.k12ltsp.org/
While checking out those sites, there was this link to a cool adaptation
of LTSP:
A mobile version of this might be a great SLUG project and a nice
demonstration at future SLUG booths!
-Robert "Big Idea" Haeckl
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