And in the Windows world you can use Terminal Services, or Citrix Metaframe. Both will allow you to set up low-end client PCs and run the software on a souped-up server.
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Subject: Re: Linux (not) ready for desktop? [WAS Re: Why is RH9 slower than Windows98SE. Any advice?]
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:18:31PM +0300, Panos Platon Tsapralis wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 12:16, Peter Peltonen wrote:
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> > Instead of 50 workstations under heavy load have 50 clients getting
> > their X sessions from a server having good hardware and lots of memory.
> > Makes system administration a lot easier too. You could even make the X
> > clients diskless.
> >
> Nice idea! This is the kind of power / flexibility / performance, that
> you can only get from Linux environments
[...]
Errr - no, Sun has been offering setups like this for ages...
Cheerio,
Thomas
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