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After 2 Years of Development, LTSP 5.2 Is Out

Posted by timothy on from the terminal-velocity dept.

The Linux Terminal Server Project has for years been simplifying the task of time-sharing a Linux system by means of X terminals (including repurposed low-end PCs). Now, stgraber writes "After almost two years or work and 994 commits later made by only 14 contributors, the LTSP team is proud to announce that the Linux Terminal Server Project released LTSP 5.2 on Wednesday the 17th of February. As the LTSP team wanted this release to be some kind of a reference point in LTSP's history, LDM (LTSP Display Manager) 2.1 and LTSPfs 0.6 were released on the same day. Packages for LTSP 5.2, LDM 2.1 and LTSPfs 0.6 are already in Ubuntu Lucid and a backport for Karmic is available. For other distributions, packages should be available very soon. And the upstream code is, as always, available on Launchpad."

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  1. Re:Only 994 commits in 2 years by 14 people? by fat_mike · · Score: -1, Troll

    Both you and timothy (though he came out and said it) are referring to time sharing.

    I don't want to time share. Just like I don't buy a time sharing condo in Florida. Maybe you're both to young to remember Token Ring networks and true time share but they were SSSLLLOOOWWW.

    And please quit assuming that everybody but Slashdot people only need a web browser. That's one of the most arrogant and incorrect statements. Do you honestly believe that Customer Service people only need a browser?

    I honestly believe that 95% of the posters on Slashdot either don't have a job or are trolls that live in the sewers because a good majority of you have no idea how WORK works.

  2. ltsp problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    still, there are inefficiencies:
    -Ltsp is over ssh. that means no udp. they also have to mantain a whole login manager.
      was openvpn that difficoult to use? ipsec?
    - X11 connection.
    100mb/s connection is NOT enough for a 1280x1024 desktop. just try to see a youtube hd video.
    you need at least a gb/s connection. for 1 client. so what should the server have?
    what about using something like vnc or FreeNX??
    -last time i used it (4 months ago) there were lots of problems with local devices: cdroms were visible on ALL desktops, usb was NOT unmountable, no common character device support.

    don't get me wrong, it's a nice project, but it has still a lot of work to do.