Someone does. It's called LTSP http://www.ltsp.org/
also the k12ltsp project is aimed directly at setting up diskless linux terminals in a school environment. http://www.k12ltsp.org/
Our school's academic network is all linux based. We use Linux/Samba/LDAP for centralized authentication/account management and LTSP terminals and Linux boxes for workstations. I can say that our entire network runs on "free" software so we've eliminated software licensing, we are using old 486's (as opposed to new 486's:-) and old pentiums for diskless terminals, and our maintenance has dropped to almost nothing. Our costs have gone WAY down since we switched to Linux. http://network.gouldacademy.org/
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Someone does. It's called LTSP http://www.ltsp.org/
:-) and old pentiums for diskless terminals, and our maintenance has dropped to almost nothing. Our costs have gone WAY down since we switched to Linux. http://network.gouldacademy.org/
also the k12ltsp project is aimed directly at setting up diskless linux terminals in a school environment. http://www.k12ltsp.org/
Our school's academic network is all linux based. We use Linux/Samba/LDAP for centralized authentication/account management and LTSP terminals and Linux boxes for workstations. I can say that our entire network runs on "free" software so we've eliminated software licensing, we are using old 486's (as opposed to new 486's