Very true, but when a person is asking for advice on a cheap solution for a single non-networked PC which is a new install LTSP is well ... overkill. LTSP is great for what it is designed for, revitalizing old hardware for use by many.

-----Original Message----- From: Bill Cavalieri

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

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DISCLAIMER: Jason works for a company that sells LTSP

solutions to schools.

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He also aparently missed the fact that this is a "Single

user single desktop

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maybe not even networked". LTSP involves building a fairly

sturdy server and

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saving your money on multiple served workstations, noth the

case here.

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I've often wondered, given the cost of the server required,

at what point you

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actually start saving money with LTSP by reconditioning

existing PC's instead

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of buying new, low-end (sub $300) workstations and using a

peer-to-peer

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network.

Linking to an opensource project is hardly worth a DISCLAIMER.

Since your wondering, often, when the money savings start, lets do some brainstorming,

Performance: $300 desktop, is going to run like a $300 desktop. I'll start with 5 workstations, but even 2 would work. 5 * $300 = $1500, now you could have 5 computers that run like $300 computers. Or buy a $1500 ltsp server, and re-use your old computers, = 5 computers running near $1500 speeds.

Maint: 5 computers to keep running, updated, etc... Or 1 ltsp server, workstations will netboot, without need for hd, floppy, cdrom

Karma: UN reports it takes 1.8 tons of materials to make a modern pc.

"that extending a machine's operational life through re-use holds a much greater potential for energy saving than recycling." http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/07/hnunstudy_1.html

-Bill

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