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Re: Linux, CrossOver Office, MS Office - Cost, Hardware, Support Orgs & previous implementations.

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From: will
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:44

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In aus.computers.linux Thing <nospam@hting.dyndns.org> wrote:

>> i'd consider installing a decent server (fast processor, plenty of ram,
>> and plenty of hdd space) with redhat (i'd probably still use rh7.3 at this
>> stage) and staroffice (or openoffice, maybe, which is basically the same
>> thing, but staroffice seems to be a bit more "professional") and use ltsp
>> (linux terminal server project www.ltsp.org)  running on the pentium IIs
>> as X terminals.

> For 20 ppl for file sharing you dont need a high spec. Probably 256 meg 
> of ram and the slowest p3/p4 out there. Even AMD but make sure the 
> server case is designed to be a server. In fact recycling an existing P2 
> with new PSU and cpu fan should be enough.

i'm talking about a lot more than just file sharing. using ltsp to run x 
terminals, all the processing (except the actual display) is done on the 
server. the x terminals are just terminals. the faster the machine is and 
the more ram it's got the better.

will

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