[IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Getting data about the upgrading older machines and SoaS responsiveness.

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 07:00:28PM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 18:43, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>
>> >It sound like another great, low impact (I am trying to think of a 
>> >term like 'carbon foot print' to properly reflect the impact) way of 
>> >bringing LTSP into the class room.
>>
>> "polite" or "gentle" perhaps?
>>
>> or "non-invasive"?  Emphasizing what is avoided: invading - 
>> potentially taking over, accidentally or on purpose, the computers
>
>
>Granted, you would *need* to check with your local systems 
>administrator before implementing LTSP. (as opposed to a lower-risk 
>USB-local-booting solution) At my school, for example, netbooting a 
>workstation starts the "recloning" process of loading a new Windows XP 
>image; setting up LTSP without asking would cause major problems with 
>their work.

non-invasive to the _computers_ but invasive to the network 
infrastructure.


So yes, a better term would be good, to not risk sysadmins feeling 
cheated when learning the hard way that this so-called non-invasive 
system includes a DHCP daemon, breaking their WiFi hotspots, printers 
and what not.


  - Jonas

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