Interactive whiteboards with Ubuntu

[David Groos]

Glad to hear they've got a .deb package.  I'll be able to install it in the
32 bit chroot even though the server is running on arch 64?  I'm looking
forward to testing it and fat clients as well. but end of the school year
teacher burn out is encroaching... I might have to wait 4 more weeks till
student year is over to start this testing/documenting.  Thanks for your
leadership on this Veli-Matti.

David

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Veli-Matti Lintu <
veli-matti.lintu at opinsys.fi> wrote:

> pe, 2011-05-06 kello 11:30 -0500, David Groos kirjoitti:
> > I used it with a fat client.  Here's what I wrote on my blog about the
> > experience:
> >         I tried to install SmartBoard software--SMART Notebook
> >         Software with Drivers 10.package--into my ltsp chroot. This
> >         problem was compounded by the software that installs this type
> >         of package, the .package format, is called "AutoPackage" or
> >         some such. Unfortunately it doesn't work on 64 bit systems
> >         without certain libraries (which I didn't install) and my
> >         server is 64 bit. However, its successor, "Listaller" does
> >         work on 64 bit systems.
>
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried it yet with the new .deb packages provided by SMART
> Technologies?
>
> http://www.smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Support/Download
> +Software/Software/SMART+Notebook+collaborative+learning+software/SMART
> +Notebook+software/SMART+Notebook+for+Linux
>
> Veli-Matti
>
>
>
> >         First I installed Listaller in the regular root, then I
> >         installed it into the chroot and entered the chroot with sudo
> >         chroot /opt/lits/i386 then started the listallmgr-gtk program
> >         but then wasn't able to make Listaller run the .package file.
> >
> >
> >         So finally I went to Veli-Menti solution which was to install
> >         it on a regular i386 system then use his cool script to
> >         convert it into a .deb file which is easy to install into a
> >         chroot.
> >
> >
> >         This page explains how to do that:
> >         http://www.opinsys.fi/en/smartboard-software-on-ltsp-fat-clients.
> I did it in a Virtual box and the install went great but there was an issue
> upon running the script. Hoping that Matti will get back to me about that...
> >
> > I think I left a comment on that page with details?  It appears that I
> > didn't record further details on my blog...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
> > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Veli-Matti Lintu
> > <veli-matti.lintu at opinsys.fi> wrote:
> >         > From: "Matt Johnson" <johnsonmlw at yahoo.com>
> >         > To: "Veli-Matti Lintu" <veli-matti.lintu at opinsys.fi>
> >         > Sent: Friday, May 6, 2011 4:54:13 PM
> >         > Subject: Re: Interactive whiteboards with Ubuntu
> >         >
> >         > Thanks for this post! We're just tackling promethean boards
> >         with our
> >         > Ubuntu thin client LTSP setup with 10.04LTS.
> >         >
> >         > Very handy to know it's possible!
> >
> >         Are you using them with thin clients or fat clients? Thin
> >         clients is something that we didn't even try as they all want
> >         to use local usb interfaces.
> >
> >         Veli-Matti
> >
> >
> >
> >         > From: Veli-Matti Lintu <veli-matti.lintu at opinsys.fi>
> >         > To: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >         > Sent: Friday, 6 May 2011, 14:47
> >         > Subject: Re: Interactive whiteboards with Ubuntu
> >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > > We have been testing the whiteboards now for a couple of
> >         weeks and
> >         > > it
> >         > > looks like most of the models can be made to work. Right
> >         now we
> >         > > have
> >         > > only problems with Cleverboard models. We have now Mimio,
> >         > > Promethean
> >         > > and Smartboard models running on normal Ubuntu 10.04
> >         installation
> >         > > and on LTSP fat clients. Some of the installation packages
> >         require
> >         > > fixes to work correctly and we have given feedback to the
> >         vendors.
> >         > > We are waiting for some fixes before we finish the testing
> >         as some
> >         > > of the problems affect LTSP usage.
> >         >
> >         > We are finally getting testing finished and here are the
> >         results for
> >         > Smartboard, Promethean and Mimio. Cleverboard articles need
> >         still
> >         > some work before we can publish them:
> >         >
> >         >
> >
> http://www.opinsys.fi/en/interactive-whiteboards-on-linux-test-results
> >         > http://www.opinsys.fi/en/smartboard-on-linux-test-results
> >         > http://www.opinsys.fi/en/promethean-on-linux-test-results
> >         > http://www.opinsys.fi/en/mimio-on-linux-test-results
> >         >
> >         > The articles have way too many details to summarise
> >         everything here.
> >         > Technically Smartboard, Promethean and Mimio all worked, but
> >         > depending on the use case some are better than others. We
> >         really
> >         > cannot say that one would be always better than the others.
> >         Linux
> >         > support is getting better, but all the packages still have
> >         problems.
> >         > Smartboard packages are the best for LTSP usage, but others
> >         can be
> >         > made to work with LTSP also. Details on how to fix the
> >         packages for
> >         > LTSP usage are still under work as we wait for possible
> >         fixes from
> >         > the manufacturers.
> >         >
> >         > We still have the test hardware in our lab if something
> >         specific
> >         > should be tested. Don't be shy if you want to know more. All
> >         testing
> >         > was done on Ubuntu 10.04.
> >         >
> >         > Happy hacking!
> >         >
> >         > Veli-Matti
>
>
>
>
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