[Lias] netNOW NZ - Getting to the source

[ken_yap at users.sourceforge.net]

>We ran a trial of LTSP about 4 months ago, very impressive, but did not
>proceed to widespread deployment because the OpenOffice Presentation app
>failed to run many of the presentations built in Powerpoint.  It seems to
>have the weakest compatability compared to Word and Excel.  We also had

OO gets better all the time, what version did you try?

>problems getting a browser set up to run all the plug-ins that were needed
>for many education sites, but could probably have fixed this with
>perseverence.  Biggest problem was Macromedia Flash would not work with
>LTSP.   We are hoping that these may be resolved soon.

Flash works fine with remote displays now, I've been using it for a few
months. You need the latest plugin from MM.