[luau] A Mission For Luau

[Dustin Cross]

I forgot about ltsp for schools.  These could make good clients, but the
school would still need a fast server and fast network.  Not too expensive,
but more than most schools have.  I was talking to the guy at Hawaii
Computer Recycling a while back about the Sun Sparc2s he has that would
make great diskless clients (the only problem is they only support 8 bit
color) and he can't get rid of them.

http://www.pucebaboon.com/SLXT/

Dusty


> Aloha,
>
>   I would be willing to help sort through hardware and build some
>   working
> systems.  I also have some 16 port 10-base-T hubs (6) and a couple
> 10-base- T systems that can support up to 108 ports if we wanted to try
> and build some massive parallel system.  10-base-T isn't the best, but
> it is free.  I also has a room full of monitors (~20).  Sandi and I
> have an extra house on our property that we use as storage.  It doesn't
> have electricity, so I run extension cords when I do work out there.
> We could store stuff there.  I could run an internet connection out
> there if we needed.
>
> I can think of three things we could do with these types of systems:
>
> 1. build usable linux desktops and give them away on a
> first-come-first- serve basis.
>
> 2. use systems not suitable for desktops to make firewall/router
> servers and give them away on a first-come-first-serve basis.
>
> 3. set-up a lab for luau members to learn and play or build a beowulf
> cluster or something like that.  The problem with this is we need a
> location.
>
> I would really like to see something like the Luau lab set up for Luau
> members to learn and play and anyone else to come by and learn, but we
> would need a location and I don't think the termite eaten house on my
> property would be good.
>
> Dusty
>
>
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