LTSP Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Software to allow Debian to server multiple remote desktops

  Perhaps something like the Linux Terminal Server Project? Source: over 1 year ago

• Setup freeIPA with NFS (or something similar)

  I think you might want something like LTSP: https://ltsp.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there a way to set up a computer to delete all files after logging off?

  You can set up your machine to PXE boot and use something like LTSP to serve the OS. Configure without local storage, or optionally use the local storage only to cache the OS download from the server. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Seeking advice on thin/zero client deploment.

  Have you heard of https://ltsp.org/ ? Source: about 2 years ago

• Best OS for Web Browsing and Printing Only

  Check out https://ltsp.org/ for a start and browse their forums to see what they suggest for an authenticated web proxy. Source: over 2 years ago

• Remote GUI sessions for Linux server

  Have you checked out ltsp? Otherwise it seems that it would be pretty easy to just open remote apps via the network and X-forwarding. Source: over 2 years ago

• Boot PC from network?

  You may also find LTS project interesting, which is based on these, but it's not the only use case: https://ltsp.org/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Best practices for public-facing machines

  One option is network booting: https://ltsp.org/ LTSP can also work with clients that have local hard disks to cache operating system files so it doesn't have to download the whole thing every reboot. At that point, any time you want to "restore" the machine to a clean state you just reboot it. Perhaps even on a schedule (nightly), or after every logout. Source: over 2 years ago

• Looking to set up a few of these Wyse clients... Advice? See comment.

  Check out Kasm. It's the best thing I've seen for Linux VDI. There's also LTSP if you want something a little more old school and/or completely open source. Source: over 2 years ago

• Lubuntu 16.04 LTS with LTSP

  Newbie to linux here. I tried to set up a server with Lubuntu 16.04 and LTSP, followed the guide from ltsp.org how to install dnsmasq and configure a server with 2 NIC. Managed to install it but when I try network boot from a client I get TFTP open timeout. Systemctl status dnsmasq.service shows active service but no servers in /etc/resolv.conf. Strange thing is that if I restart dnsmasq service on server the... Source: almost 3 years ago

• Docker for Mac M1 RC

  https://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-enable-wsl2-ubuntu-gui-and-use-rdp-to-remote But apparently ms is working on a Wayland compositor allowing directly running gui apps - I don't think it's quite there yet: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Microsoft-Writing-Wayland-Comp https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/938#issuecomment-763098682 Somewhat related: https://ltsp.org/ I'm not sure about the... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago