LTSP - Changing the Rules of the Desktop World

Link to presentations on LTSP, including the one given at the symposium

Linux is finally becoming practical on the desktop. With the latest advancements in KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice.org, Firefox and many other desktop applications, we have a very functional, high quality solution for desktops in organizations of all sizes. The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) has become an extemely popular method of deploying low-cost highly reliable Linux based workstations on millions of desktops all over the world. LTSP has won several awards, most recently, the "Best Of Show" award at the 2005 Linux World Conference and Expo. In this session, we'll show a brief history of how the project was started, how LTSP works, and where we're going with a quick look at the next release, and an overview of the LTSP that is included in the brand new Ubunty 5.10 release.



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Jim McQuillan, Project Leader, Linux Terminal Server Project

Jim has been developing solutions for customers, utilizing Unix and networking since 1984 and has been involved with Linux since 1995. Jim has functioned as a Chief Technologist for more than 20 years and is responsible for the successful deployment of health care systems throughout the North Eastern United States. Jim is currently the President of the Michigan Unix Users Group (www.MUG.org) and is a member of the X.org Foundation board of directors. Additionally, Jim is the founder and project leader of the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), an open source project which has received world wide recognition as the standard method of deploying Thin clients in a GNU/Linux environment.