Kent West wrote:
Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire, etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:No matter how dumb the terminal is, it has to act as a *local* X server. Meaning, it has more or less a local CPU for that purpose. Whether you achieve it through a special terminal or a general PC , is another question. Sun makes this kind of terminal, but I doubt it ever work with a Linux host. On the other hand, if you want to use a low cost PC for a terminal, there is the Linux Terminal Server Project. More details here:
1) full-blown workstations, each one with their own hard drives and OS setup, etc.
2) one server and the rest of the workstations are thin clients, having mobo/cpus, keyboards, mice, monitor
3) one server and the rest of the workstations are dumb terminals, having keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected to the server via serial/firewire/usb/whatever.
I know the first two are possible. But I'd really like to pursue the third option. Is it possible? Practical?
Thanks!
Kent
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ltsp
-tk
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