[Wolves] Ancient laptop up for grabs

[Dave Morley]

On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 13:59 +0000, Zeth Green wrote:
> On 08/11/2007, Dave Morley <davmor2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > To be honest, this is only really suitable for FreeDOS.
> > Not true it would be an excellent thin client Ltsp stylee :)
> 
> Not to put the boot in anymore, but I think it is even too low spec
> for that: CPU of 75 MHz is not a lot. You will also need to add an
> Ethernet card unless it has one already:
> 
> "For using the default, secure mode of LTSP, you'll need to have a
> slightly faster CPU. Any 233 MHz or better CPU should provide
> acceptable performance.
> If you have slower clients, in the range of 133 MHz to 233 MHz, you
> may be able to use them, if you're willing to reduce the security of
> your thin client network. More on this in the Administration section.
> For the best possible performance, a 533 MHz processor will provide a
> first class thin client desktop experience."
> http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/handbook/C/server-hw.html#id2751308
> 
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Damn never mind :(
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