[NTLUG:Discuss] FYI: linux Thin-Client

[Fred James]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:

>yes... the thin-client get's it's boot stuff from the PXES server and
>it then operates on it's own. It has the 'client' parts needed to 
>access a MS Terminlal server ( it uses rdesktop... you can test this 
>from a standard linux box to see what the users will see ) and 
>uses has the vnc client to access vnc servers or it can just login 
>to a X Windows box. Once the stuff is loaded off of the PXES server, 
>it's done with that. 
>
>jack
>
Thank you for the clarification - that means the PXES server can be a 
relative "light weight" and I should have to get a big box to do that 
job - that is a serious plus.

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