hi,
I'm setting up a free software / open source training center in Trichy,
Tamil nadu. I'm looking for suitable hardware that is perfectly a
thin-client. I expect to purchase about 15 such thin clients.
My requirements / problem-statements are:
1. No fans, no excessive cooling requirements - overall be low on power
consumption
2. super small form factor (preferably the ITX line); should be portable in
bulk. (should be able to transport 15 of these in a car)
3. gigabit network support
4. no local storage (ie., no HDD / CD-ROM / etc., bulky/noisy/power-hungry
stuff)
5. USB / SD / CF types external storage support
6. preferably works out-of-the-box with edubuntu / LTSP (ie., i'd rather be
doing business than flashing ROMs or hand-configuring PXE)
From what I've looked around, there are cheap second-hand real-PCs (notthin-clients) that come for about Rs.4k (with hard-disk). Sun's Sunray,