The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) has celebrated its fifth birthday with a new version of its software for server-centric, thin-client computing. LTSP version 4.1 features an easier-to-use installer, a new X server from Xorg, support for local sound, CD-ROM, floppy, and USB mice/keyboards, and lots of other major improvements.

LTSP Project Leader Jim McQuillan lists the following new features in the birthday release:

• A new, easier-to-use ltspadmin installer tracks package versions and queries the package repository for relevant updates.
• LTSP now uses Xservers and libraries from the X.org Project, rather than the XFree86 project.
• Local CD-Rom and Floppy support using Supermount and Samba on the client, and the auto-mounter on the server.
• Sound support with esd and nasd. The client-side sound daemons are now included for esound and nasd.
• An SNMP agent on the client can be enabled in lts.conf.
• The new 2.4.26 based kernel is installed via the ltspadmin utility, as part of the ltsp installation procedure.
• New documentation (in html, pdf, and postscript) covers the features of LTSP-4.1 (check LTSP.org for any potential revisions)

LTSP's previous release, version 4.0, came in August, 2003, when a build environment was added.

Additional details about the release are available on the LTSP Website.

 
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