[NTLUG:Discuss] thin clients, are they practical and satisfactory?

[Robert Pearson]

You might want to take a look at LTSP at www.ltsp.org

Thanks,

Robert Pearson
rdpears at gmail.com


On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:31:52 -0500, Will Senn <will_senn at comcast.net> wrote:
> All,
> 
> Have any of y'all implemented a thin client setup that you are happy
> with? I have been tinkering, without committing to the project of
> setting up a server and client, but I haven't really gotten serious
> because I am doubtful of the outcome.  If you wanna opine, here are some
> questions to consider:
> 
> What do you think is a reasonable thin client machine?
> 
> What do you think is a reasonable server setup?
> 
> What about just setting up linux server and using xdm/kdm/gdm to manage
> user sessions from a workstation that will run apps on the server?
> 
> Is that fundamentally the same (just a beefier thin client), or is it
> radically different, or is it somewhere in between?
> 
> Just trying to get my mind (and my available hardware) wrapped around
> the idea of thin client technologies as they relate to linux, after
> reading Marcel Gagne's business linux migration book.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Will
> 
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