[ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

[pmgazz]

P3s run great as thin clients (just need a pxe card) and the ubiquitous 
P3 compaqs have them already. But if people haven't got any money at 
all, the the LTSP option is a stretch as they need at least one halfway 
decent machine - but if they can stump up a couple of hundred quid for a 
basic dual-core with 2GB+ RAM it'll work great.

I've tried using single-cores (AMD Sempron and various Intel) with 1GB 
RAM and it sort of works OK but you get a hellish lag if 3+ people use 
OOo at the same time - which isn't great for a production environment. 
OK if all people will do is surf the web though.

P3s can't run Xubuntu standalone for any sensible use - even the first 
generation XP PCs can't without a RAM upgrade (any P4 will do but 512 is 
the min RAM if you don't want to have time to make and drink a cuppa 
each time you open an OOo doc) - and a gig is more like it if you ask 
me. Again, you can get away with Xubuntu standalone on P4 with 256 MB 
RAM as long as no-one's going to try to get much more ambitious than 
surfing the web.

Older than that and it's <gulp> Puppy . . . or a custom Debian desktop.

Paula

On 19/07/10 15:50, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 19/07/10 14:16, pmgazz wrote:
>    
>> I've done a bit of this - I've demo'd an Ubuntu LTSP and also laptops at
>> voluntary sector events - people don't 'get' what an operating system is
>> and tend to think that MS Win is 'part of the machine'. They have to
>> have a reason for considering changing OS and I find that being able to
>> help the environment and save money at the same time is a powerful
>> incentive to consider something new.
>>
>>      
> In my case I wasn't changing the OS, they didn't have any computers to
> start with and I managed to source some old desktops (again with no OS)
> and funding for a server, monitors, keyboards, mice and custom built
> cabinets.
>
> Luckily the centre manager was aware of Open Source and wanted some
> 'green' machines (i.e. lower power consumption).
>
> I see what you mean though about some people's perception, one good
> reason for switching is if they have older hardware, especially anything
> that might be running Windows 2000 (unlikely but you never know), they
> could find that older kit might run better with something like Xubuntu
> or as LTSP clients.
>
> Rob
>
>    
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