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Old 01-06-2005, 04:13 PM   #1
Maldain
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Anybody have experience using a thin client with linux?


We're looking at finally ditching those vernable old Wyse 60 terminals and going with a thin client. I was wondering if anybody had any experience with setting up thin clients to run with linux. Basically, we're not doing anything very fancy we have a text based retail pop system that currently runs on a linux server. We need a basic thin client that will support linux terminal emulation. I'd be interested in what is out there and how difficult it was to configure.

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Old 01-06-2005, 04:26 PM   #2
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Have a look at http://www.k12ltsp.org/ . I run the server for the main box and use a boot floppy for clients. You could also use boot roms on the nic. I think it sets up easy but that's just MHO.
 
Old 01-06-2005, 05:32 PM   #3
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That looks interesting. We're looking at it right now. We've just decided that the neoware thin client isn't going to work for us. Our main issue is that our apps are text based and look very funky through the x telnet. I must admit if this is RH 8 then we can probably put either telnet or ssh on it and run it from a $ prompt. But thanks for pointing this out.

Still looking for more info on all of it though hardware, software and os. Trying to trim a few bucks out of the equipment budget we're shipping out to the stores but only if it doesn't trash the existing functionality.
 
  


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