On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I didn't see any other responses to your question which leads me to believe > that perhaps nobody else really understood what exactly you're trying to do. > If you want to clarify maybe we can all come up with something. > > I'm just wanting to create a server that can handle many linux accounts > (desktop, storage, customizations, even ~/homedir software installs). As it > is now, we have 4 MSWindows computers with no login, of course. I'd like to > convert at least those 4 to Linux clients (thin, virtual, fat, whatever, > bootable pen drive). Eventually I'd like to have this server host accounts > for anyone in the community who wants one. So far nothing different than any > common linux network. The interesting question I had was, Can such a server > actually be hosted in a cloud service, or are speeds not adequate for that > sort of thing? Well...I doubt that anyone would suggest a networked file system over the WAN. That is asking for all sorts of issues, speed being one issue, latency and a continuous connection being another. A $200 plug computer could handle 4 clients just fine and pay for itself by avoiding "cloud costs" pretty quickly, if you don't have the space (etc) for another computer. -Jeremy > > Olwe > GM,MN > > PS: We're getting all our winter snow in one batch! > > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, Olwe Bottorff wrote: > >> I'm suggesting to our local library that we build a Linux network for >> patrons to have their own accounts. Now if someone wants Internet access >> (browsing the Web), they can use one of our 4 MS PCs -- after signing in. >> Yeah. . . . Question(s): Could a server for such a beast be run on a cloud >> server (Amazon etc.), or should it be local? Also, is there a quick and >> easy >> way for non-site users on MS/Apple to log in? Could some sort of bootable >> stick drive be set up, or perhaps a cygwin install? I'm no sysadmin at >> all. >> . . . >> >> Olwe >> GM,CC,MN,NoShore >> >> > > > -Yaron > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >