[Liverpool] Replacement PC for LSC

[Dan Lynch]

That sounds like a really good idea. I have one of the PII's which Tim
kindly gave me last week in Manchester. I actually found an old laptop to do
the job I needed since, so I can donate that as a thin client. It's a Compaq
desktop model rather than a tower and it is pretty economical on space I'd
say.

I hear Edubuntu is really good for clustering like that. It has some built
in stuff for building computing labs with a server and some low powered
clients. I'm no expert on it though. I'm sure others know more about how to
do it. I'm happy to offer whatever help I can moving kit around and setting
up if you need it.

Dan



On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Andrew Williams <andy at tensixtyone.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:34:24PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
> > I've got a stack of Pentium two's.. mostly old compaq desktops that
> > people are welcome to.
>
> Are they small form factor cases? The area the LSC has for computers
> is quite cramped, it was bad enough with 3 full tower PCs.
>
> > They'd be good as LTSP thin clients.
>
> An excellent idea, maybe with one of Aidan's servers we could setup a
> small cluster for them. Might need to fly in some experts on the subject
> though :P
>
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