On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 15:45 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
LTSP has it's good points, but based on your answer, I think you might like Thinstation a whole lot better.
Same concept: PXE boot thin client. But:
- Doesn't use NFS
- Run apps on the server or on the thin client, or both at the same
time (on different virtual terminals). 3. XDMCP, NX, RDP, VNC, Tarantella, Citrix ICA, ThinLinc (wtf?), Telnet, tn5250, VMS term and SSH.
LTSP can do some of this too.
- Boot from PXE, floppy, CD, HD, flash disk
- Local device support: HD, flopper, CD, USB keys, printers
This too - and sound.
- Easily customize up the wazoo
- Local light desktop option: icewm or blackbox
This runs on the server, so anything you have there should work.
- Auto install/update HD/flash disk installs, and schedule reboots!
- Excellent wireless support.
That's a problem - but any way of getting to an xdm login will work, including booting a knoppix into runlevel 2, then starting X with "X -query server"
There's more, but that gives you an idea.
Do you know if there is any handy way to make a local multi-boot install offer a choice of network booting or not? You can pxe-boot pxelinux which can have a lilo-like selection but in some cases it would be nicer to have a local boot menu that could boot either your local HD installations or a selection from the network. I thought I saw a network-aware version of grub a long time ago but nothing seems to use it.