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Controlling and Managing Edubuntu Users’ Desktops

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 9, 2007

“The community-driven Edubuntu project aims to create a version
of Ubuntu specially tailored for use in primary and secondary
education. Perhaps the most useful feature present in the Edubuntu
OS is the Linux Terminal Server Project environment, whose
applications are not limited just to eduction. The LTSP model
centers around one powerful machine that acts as a server and
several often much lower-powered machines that act as clients and
boot from an installation of Ubuntu on the server. Though you will
not be installing anything on them, there are still some
maintenance tasks specifically directed at clients…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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