= What is LTSP? =
To be completed'''LTSP''' stands for ('''<u>L</u>'''inux <u>'''T'''</u>erminal <u>'''S'''</u>erver <u>'''P'''</u>roject) the website is [http://ltsp.org/ ltsp.org] Those workstations are referred to as '''diskless-clients''' or "'''thin-clients'''" since most of the processing is performed by the server, and routine tasks (like accepting input from mouse & keyboard and displaying graphics on monitor) are performed just in the thin client's internal memory (RAM). The technology was developped by '''Jim MacQuillan''', and the project is called
= Seneca College's Involvement in LTSP =
Since 1998 one of my colleagues at Seneca College, '''<font color="#000000"><font>''John Selmys''</font></font><font color="#000000"><font></font></font>''', experimented with a technique to cost-effectively connect old "junky" computers that did not have a hard disk drive to a more powerful computer server. When that computer department moved in 2005, it was discovered that those "ancient" machines were still being used by students to work on their assignments / perform homework...
The technology was developped by '''Jim MacQuillan''', and the project is called '''LTSP''' ('''<u>L</u>'''inux <u>'''T'''</u>erminal <u>'''S'''</u>erver <u>'''P'''</u>roject) the website is [http://ltsp.org/ ltsp.org]
Those workstations are referred to as '''diskless-clients''' or "'''thin-clients'''" since most of the processing is performed by the server, and routine tasks (like accepting input from mouse & keyboard and displaying graphics on monitor) are performed just in the thin client's internal memory (RAM).
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Seneca College''', over the past 6-7 years have supported Seneca staff to start projects to donate, install, and support several high-schools in the Toronto area that are in need of affordable networking solutions. I was one of the people involved in this project. I also have volunteered to help set up a Linux lab for a church in Orangeville, Ontario...