Andy said:
> People have mentioned in this thread to just go get some old 486 and
> Pentium boxes and make them be dumb terminals. No. I really don't want
> to be messing around with old boxes. I want something FAST like this unit
your going to pay a large premium for such a product. An examp
>No. I really don't want to be messing
>around with old boxes. I want something FAST like this unit so you can just
>press the reset button (if anything goes wrong) and get going again.
>Boots in about 5 seconds.
>
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/12/04/2346215.shtml?tid=19
sounds exactly like
> > > > Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about?
> > > >
> > > > I have always wondered.why can't Linux (especially Debian
> > > > Linux) do the same thing Citrix is doing?
> > >
> > > Citrix essentially does what X does a lot less efficiently. X is
> > > prett
On 0, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Thin client boxes are attractive since one does not have to deal with
> old hardware, failing memory, flaky video cards, hard drives, etc
>
> I want to build a Debian server and be able to serve 50-100 thin clients over
> a 100Mbps LAN. I can b
On 0, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Metaframe still requires a local CPU to handle display stuff. You
> > can't route VGA signals over ATM.
>
> I did not mean Asynchronous Transfer Mode..
> (not sure if you meant that either...just trying to being clear)
> I meant that it was like an A
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:04:37AM -0800, Andy wrote:
> On Monday 21 October 2002 22:36, Tom Cook wrote:
> > Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about?
> > >
> > > I have always wondered.why can't Linux (especially Debian
> > >
all guide. Read the into and see
if it whet's your appetite.
Also google on Linux Kiosk. Xterminal HOWTO etc.
HTH
Ross
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From: Andy [mailto:list@;firman.us]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dumb terminals possible with i
Andy wrote:
>
> I want to build a Debian server and be able to serve 50-100 thin clients over
> a 100Mbps LAN. I can build the server but I am at a loss on how to get a
> thin client running this way.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Thinclient-HOWTO.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Diskless-root-NFS-HO
Andy wrote:
>
> On Monday 21 October 2002 22:36, Tom Cook wrote:
> > Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about?
> > >
> > > I have always wondered.why can't Linux (especially Debian
> > > Linux) do the same thing Citrix is doi
On Monday 21 October 2002 22:36, Tom Cook wrote:
> Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about?
> >
> > I have always wondered.why can't Linux (especially Debian
> > Linux) do the same thing Citrix is doing?
>
> Citrix essentially
Andy wrote:
Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire,
etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:
Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about?
No, thin client is easy stuff. What I'm talking about is multiple dumb
(but
> Metaframe still requires a local CPU to handle display stuff. You
> can't route VGA signals over ATM.
I did not mean Asynchronous Transfer Mode..
(not sure if you meant that either...just trying to being clear)
I meant that it was like an ATM card that you stick into this
little box that h
On 0, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire,
> > >> etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:
>
> You knownot too long ago a friend of mine (Windows SysAdmin)
> showed me a really cool setup. He had Windows 2
> >> Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire,
> >> etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:
You knownot too long ago a friend of mine (Windows SysAdmin)
showed me a really cool setup. He had Windows 2000 Server in
one town and in another town he had
Kent West wrote:
Try KDE wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire,
etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:
3) one server and the rest of the workstations are dumb terminals,
having keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected t
Try KDE wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire,
etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:
3) one server and the rest of the workstations are dumb terminals,
having keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected to the server via
Kent West wrote:
Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire,
etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:
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,
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