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Have you checked out the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)? |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/Index:LTSP |
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http://ltsp.sourceforge.net/ |
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Ennis |
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________________________________ |
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From: Alexandru Mincu [mailto:mincua@×××××.com] |
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Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:43 PM |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: [gentoo-user] Putting gentoo to work :) |
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Hi guys, |
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I have(or better may have) a project to build and maintain a company's |
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network. |
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I was thinking into proposing gentoo since it's got my heart, but I have |
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some questions about which things should i use for a base installation. |
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My setup will look like this: |
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big server with 2 or 3 gigabit ethernet cards and lots of sata drives in |
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a big raid array. |
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disk less workstations with 512mb or 1gb of ram, nvidia or integrated |
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video and a gigabit ethernet card. |
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and of course a gigabit ethernet switch. |
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First of all let's start with the clients... |
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I am a Gnome fan and I think it is better and simpler to use, but them |
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if you have windows users that you want to put to use linux, kde might |
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be a better option... although this is a matter of taste I would accept |
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some suggestions(without killing each other here), bu please take in |
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consideration all the things i want to add. |
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Things required: |
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Email, |
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Calendar sharing, |
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IM, |
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Office suite, |
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other bullshit managers use to put you to work(suggestions accepted |
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here) :) |
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Web browsing, |
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A content management system |
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I also think that some eye candy would be gr8 to have ... I tried both |
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compiz and beryl, but none were stable for me... it's true i was using |
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nvidia's beta driers but anyway. have any of you tried compiz or beryl? |
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which one is really stable and ready to use for a company? Is the |
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Xgl+(compiz|beryl) variant stable? I for one really liked beryl's |
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features but it seems to be more unstable than compiz. |
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Now for updates .. which profile do you think would better suit a |
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company .. should I use hardend gentoo? Is there a version of gentoo |
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that keeps things down with the upgrades to stable packages or I should |
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keep my own tree and sync only the stuff I want and test into it? |
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Now the nice part, |
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What about the disk less clients? is there a way to keep a stable file |
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system for all the workstations without requiring to copy all the base |
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files for each workstation? It would be nice to be able to dynamical add |
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workstations to the network without requiring admin intervention... |
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From what I have seen in the gentoo diskless faq it suggested doing an |
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separate dir for each client in the network.... |
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The big questions are: |
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What software/configurations would you use if you would want to do this |
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with gentoo? |
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What are the good points in using the system instead of using MS Windows |
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(besides the money)? |
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PS: Excuse my English. |
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Thanks, |
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Alexandru Mincu < mincua@×××××.com <mailto:mincua@×××××.com> > |
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Tel: +40745515505/+40723573761 |
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