Hmm, sounds Like a really awesome demo. Just one question: How does this demo Windows XP Pro? -Bill On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 16:59 -0700, Charlie Bullen wrote: > Hello All, I have gotten permission to do a demo for members of a class > on (hold your noses) Windows XP pro. I tend to talk linux up and some of > my classmates are interested. > > Here is the demo. Even though my laptop runs Redhat, I'm going to boot > it from a clusterKnoppix disk. I then have a bash script that is just a > buch of nested loops that run CPU usage up to 100% which I will run. > > Next I will launch openMosix and boot a couple of PCs over the network > from my laptop, running clusterKnoppix. I will boot them in text mode. > Next I will launch the bash script again, and via a nice openMosix > viewer, will show them how the load on the CPU is now balanced between > all 3 computers. > > Lastly, I will reconfigure openMosic to boot the PCs to a KDE desktop. I > will then let whoever wants to, play around with the KDE desktops while > I simultaneously again launch the bash script, balance the load amoung > the 3 boxes, showing how each computer can still be used as a desktop > with little or no degradation of performance. > > I have done all of this and it all works real well. The instructor is > 99% sure that the classroom PC use PXE booting, but in case they don't, > I'm bringing a mini-itx box that I have already tried all this out on > just in case the classroom PCs don't want to play. > > I am also bringing my own router and cables just to be sure again. > > > On the one hand the demo seems a bit complex, but as I am bringing > enough of my own gear, which I have run the described demo on several > times before, to do everything, without having to use any of the > classroom gear, I'm very confident that all will go well. > > I can't wait to see what a bunch of windows people will think when shown > what a real OS can do. > > > I'll give a post demo report as well. > > Charlie > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Bill Warner --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss