• 64MB of RAM for each thin-client

• 250MB of disk space for each user /home directory, plus an additional 6GB for Linux

• 100MB or faster Ethernet connectivity

What makes this concept so exiting is that the software is only required to be installed in only the Server. Every other PC you introduce into your newly established network, does not require any software. These PC's are sometimes referred to as work stations, desktop computers, clients and of late Thin-Clients.
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Another excellent feature is that these PC's need not be powerful or expensive. They can even be ones which are recycled from Council Clean ups, even the ones without hard drives. This concept is so good that the PC boots up and uses the resources available on the Server, known as Diskless. A person using the Client would not notice that they are infact using a Server, which could be installed in another room, garage, basement or where ever you wish. Infact, depending on how many Clients are connected to the Server and how powerful you make it, the user will find it is faster than the PC they have been accustomed to.
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The Client PC can surf the internet, download software & music, use emails, produce documents using a world class office suite also included. This software includes Spreadsheet, Power Point presentations, Word Processor etc. These documents, once saved, can be reopened using other popular office suites available in the market.
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The LTSP concept is ideal for households who have children as it also includes a vast amount of educational software which targets learning for example maths and English by way of games.
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Parents can breathe easy when their teen agers are on the net, as LTSP Server has a built in "Supervisor" software which allows parents to supervise their children’s habits and who they are chatting to, remotely from the server without them knowing.
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Similarly, the LTSP Server is just as handy for Teachers and the like to keep tabs on students behaviour. However, the bonus is the Server has a built in software which a Teacher can show all their students how to perform a task on the Server, while every student who is in front of a Client PC can view the task, to then practice or be marked on their performance, without the need to all crowd around the one terminal.
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Just about the only thing your children and students can't do with the LSTP is break it, as they do not have Administrator privileges to the Server, therefore they cannot change configurations which ordinarily could be detrimental to a Computer running on its own.
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Your probably thinking, “Wow what a concept, why hasn’t anyone told me this before”, right? And off course there has to be a catch, which has to be the exorbitant price which you will have to pay for the software, right?
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You will be happy to know, that all the software is distributed “Free” under the GNU General Public License.
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The diagram below depicts how the simple internal network will look once it is setup. The Server could serve to 50 or 60 Clients, while all vital and important information is saved safely within the Server.