From 915ec6fa151e9592b80f15b744f39841f0a7af5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Gabriel Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:37:49 +0200 Subject: debian/control: Rephrase LONG_DESCRIPTION. --- debian/control | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index bd2c7bd..c06c137 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -24,21 +24,23 @@ Description: Accelerate Diskless Workstation systems by pre-loading a dummy Desk . The logon into and the initial session startup on such diskless workstations can be considerably slow, because all applications need to - be fetch from one server hosting the fat clients' filesystem. + be fetched from one server hosting the fat clients' filesystem. . The situation gets worse, if 24 computers in the same class room get switched on simultaneously or the teacher tells the students to open the same application (e.g. Libreoffice) at the same time. . However, this issue only occurs to the first student using a diskless - workstation that day. Other students see all applications launch within - a fraction of a second. + workstation that day. If the diskless machine is equipped with enough + RAM, other students see all applications being launched within a couple + of seconds. . Reason: once an application has been launched, it ends up in the diskless machine's filesystem cache in RAM. . - This package, thus, pre-loads a desktop session of the admins choice and - some popular applications. It does it before 7:30 in the morning only. - So, combine this package with Wake-On-LAN to make sure systems are up - and the desktop session has been autoloaded (and quit) already before - the first students come into the class room. + So, this package pre-loads a desktop session of the admin's choice plus + some extra popular applications. It does this before 7:30 in the + morning, only. So, combine this package with Wake-On-LAN or an RTC Timer + to make sure systems are booted before 7:30am. With such a setup in + place, the diskless machines will have been prepared for work before the + first students enter the class room. -- cgit v1.2.3