Re: [CentOS] Building an "instant on" X terminal

Stephen Harris wrote:

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 04:37:21PM -0400, Reynolds McClatchey wrote:

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Install the image for a t5725 from a USB stick. Very cool.

Huh. A small version of Debian Etch. Boots (once POST has complted) in under 25 seconds.

Hmm, old versions of software, and "apt-get upgrade" causes the system to die (root disk filled out) but definitely a possibility.

If it gets you to a point where you can 'X -query server', the software versions probably don't matter much. You really run everything from the server anyway.

I thought there used to be several projects to boot into a thin client. Thinstation, tcos, pxes, etc. but I haven't followed them since starting to use NX/freenx.