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:
[snip]
> 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
-Original Message-
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,
It should be fairly trivial to set up some terminals up to serial ports.
What kind of terminals do you have in mind?
This would require a serial port for each terminal and changes in
/etc/inittab.
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone or does anyone know how to, set up dumb
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Dumb Terminals
>Date: 30 Jul 1998 21:58:33 +0200
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I have some old computers th
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals. I
> was wondering if someone could point me to a good howto or faq on how to
> set this up or perhaps give me some tips and or help.
Among a zillion other things t
I read the document on dumb terminals for X but what if i just want them
to sit with getty login instead of being dumb X terminals? Any chance
anyone knows a good doc on that?
"If I had known this before I"
If you want to set them up a X-terms you can look at:
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta/unix/xterminal/index.htm
Venkat
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals. I
> was wondering if someone could point me to a good
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