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Will Novell Adopt The LTSP Project?

Posted by timothy on from the add-air-to-fire dept.

SafeTinspector writes "Yesterday I attended a Novell/HP Linux seminer "Delivering & Deploying Linux Across the Enterprise" Among the boring and expected stuff, the Novell representative had several slides in his presentation claiming that Novell is going to get heavily involved with LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) to bring policy based security and administration to the LTSP similar to those found in Microsoft and Citrix terminal servers--probably through their venerable Zenworks product line. Also heavily hinted at would be an install wizard provided by Novell that would greatly simplify the installation and configuration of LTSP, which is currently quite complex. I can find no hard information about this on LTSP or Novell websites, nor any information within Google newsgroup search. Does anyone know more about this? On a side note, the laptops of both the HP rep and Novell rep were running SuSE Linux Desktop with Ximian XD2 installed and the presentation was made using OpenOffice Presentation."

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  1. Project Project? by jwitch · · Score: 5, Funny

    LTSP stands for "Linux Terminal Server Project"

    So why does the title read "...LTSP Project"?

    That reads Linux Terminal Server Project Project

    1. Re:Project Project? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      GNU Unix. VMS System. GNOME Environment. KDE Environment. BSD Development. feardotcom.com.

    2. Re:Project Project? by Aliencow · · Score: 2, Funny

      I heard it's based on NT Technology !

    3. Re:Project Project? by JesseL · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm always forgetting my personal PIN number for the ATM machine.

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    4. Re:Project Project? by skraps · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was going to use the LCD display on my laptop to login to my home computer over the TCP/IP protocol (using my DSL line), so I could read the PIN number out of a document (in PDF format), but I think the UPC code sticker on my sunscreen (SPF factor 15) came loose and touched the NIC card somehow. I tried to access it with the UNC naming convention, but my ISP provider says that's against their AUP policy anyway. I called tech support, but the estimated ETA to have my call answered was too long (yes, I looked at all the FAQ questions before calling).

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  2. Re:Why all linux by doublem · · Score: 2, Funny

    All of the articles I see here today are about linux. Is today a linux day or something ?

    On Slashdot, every day is Linux day!

    Of course, I like that about /. so this is not a complaint

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  3. Re:Why all linux by ItMustBeEsoteric · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is SLASHDOT and you're asking why a lot of the articles are about Linux?

    *blinks*

    That's like asking why so many of the "articles" on boobdex are porn.

  4. Re:Has thin-client computing come of age? by DAldredge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please research the term 3270 before you post on this topic again.

    Thank you

  5. LTSP sounds great but . . . by IDidn'tPostThis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it put the cover on the TPS reports ?

  6. Re:quit calling it LTSP Project by Kegster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Up with this errant pedantry I will not put

  7. Re:Why all linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Unlike yesterday, which was Star Wars day! May the Fourth Be With You!

  8. venerable Zenworks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you mean "venerable" as a metaphor for "Should be taken out to the woods and shot to death", I agree.