Welcome! And few questions :)

Discussion:

Marcin Wilk

2012-12-07 11:11:22 UTC

Hello!
I would like to welcome everyone, it is my first message here:) Hi! :)
My name is Marcin and i'm from Poland.
First i must say that K12 EL6 is a great project, especially that is use
Scientific Linux, i think best EL6 distro.
I still have some questions, that maybe someone will be able to answer me:
1. Epoptes - did someone try it or use it with k12 (admin panel and
client app)? any problems?
2. I found info that there will be DVD release - will be there
instruction how to make own DVD (for example with my language as
default, and some additional software installed by default like epoptes,
dansguardian, squid)?
3. Is there fat clients support? I saw on the video that some software
can be prepared to run like that, is it possible to make it run all apps
like that?
Thanks for any respond :)

Burke Almquist

2012-12-12 07:44:03 UTC

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Post by Marcin Wilk
Hello!
I would like to welcome everyone, it is my first message here:) Hi! :)
My name is Marcin and i'm from Poland.
First i must say that K12 EL6 is a great project, especially that is use
Scientific Linux, i think best EL6 distro.
1. Epoptes - did someone try it or use it with k12 (admin panel and
client app)? any problems?

I think it has been done, but I haven't tried it myself. I'm not sure why it wouldn't work though. I know it work on other LTSP setups according to it's creator.

Post by Marcin Wilk
2. I found info that there will be DVD release - will be there
instruction how to make own DVD (for example with my language as
default, and some additional software installed by default like epoptes,
dansguardian, squid)?

There was a separate DVD release, but it has gotten rather stale. The best way to install it is to follow the instructions on the wiki.
https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/
As a rule, this is the place to check for answers first. If it's not included there, then ask on this list. That way we can add FAQs to the wiki!

Post by Marcin Wilk
3. Is there fat clients support? I saw on the video that some software
can be prepared to run like that, is it possible to make it run all apps
like that?

Yes. Naturally, to run apps on the fat clients you need clients powerful enough to do this, but otherwise it should work fine.
You simply need to enable local apps, install the app in the thin client chroot, and then create a shortcut that uses the local app.

Post by Marcin Wilk
Thanks for any respond :)
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William Fragakis

2012-12-12 17:33:21 UTC

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Post by Marcin Wilk
Hello!
I would like to welcome everyone, it is my first message here:)

Hi! :)

Post by Marcin Wilk
My name is Marcin and i'm from Poland.
First i must say that K12 EL6 is a great project, especially that is

use

Post by Marcin Wilk
Scientific Linux, i think best EL6 distro.
I still have some questions, that maybe someone will be able to
1. Epoptes - did someone try it or use it with k12 (admin panel and
client app)? any problems?

I think it has been done, but I haven't tried it myself. I'm not sure
why it wouldn't work though. I know it work on other LTSP setups
according to it's creator.

epoptes,

Post by Marcin Wilk
dansguardian, squid)?

There was a separate DVD release, but it has gotten rather stale. The
best way to install it is to follow the instructions on the wiki.
https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/
As a rule, this is the place to check for answers first. If it's not
included there, then ask on this list. That way we can add FAQs to the
wiki!

If you intend to do a number of identical installs, look at kickstart
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-howuse.html

Post by Marcin Wilk
3. Is there fat clients support? I saw on the video that some

software

Post by Marcin Wilk
can be prepared to run like that, is it possible to make it run all

apps

Post by Marcin Wilk
like that?

Yes. Naturally, to run apps on the fat clients you need clients
powerful enough to do this, but otherwise it should work fine.
You simply need to enable local apps, install the app in the thin
client chroot, and then create a shortcut that uses the local app.

If you want to run _all_ apps locally, you may wish to look at drbl
instead:

http://drbl.sourceforge.net/

Regards,
William