Linux Terminal Server Project
LTSP: Raiders of the Lost Mainframe
In the beginning there were only the mainframes. Administration only
required configuration of one system. Users accessed the mainframe from
dumb terminals. Everyone had access to the same resources and had the
same
software, because everyone was on the same system. Then came the
personal
computer. Users all got their own systems, and system administration
became exponentially more difficult. LTSP gives us a way to get the
terminal server, singular administration and control we admins want and
still give users the warm fuzzy interface, speed and freedom they want.
One system, one set of updates, one place to make changes. We're going
to
look in to some of the history of LTSP, overview the technology
involved,
and some of the many potential applications. Finally we'll look at the
best way to implement LTSP, and how its working in production in our
corporate environment.
Date and Time:
October 14, 2008 7:30 PM
Location:
O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA
Speaker:
Josh Dukes and Aaron Grattafiori
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Start: 2008/10/14 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/10/14 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Josh Dukes and Aaron Grattafiori
Description:
In the beginning there were only the mainframes. Administration only
required configuration of one system. Users accessed the mainframe from
dumb terminals. Everyone had access to the same resources and had the
same software, because everyone was on the same system. Then came the
personal computer. Users all got their own systems, and system
administration became exponentially more difficult. LTSP gives us a way
to get the terminal server, singular administration and control we
admins want and still give users the warm fuzzy interface, speed and
freedom they want. One system, one set of updates, one place to make
changes. We're going to look in to some of the history of LTSP, overview
the technology involved, and some of the many potential applications.
Finally we'll look at the best way to implement LTSP, and how its
working in production in our corporate environment.
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Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
