[THIN] Re: Thin client shell
- From: "Jeff Durbin" <techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:12:00 +1200
It looks like it's what I'm looking for, but it isn't $20 or less a machine!
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> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Rodrigues
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 2:34 a.m.
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
>
> My F.Boot OS is exactly that. X/ICA/RDP/JVM/Netscape in a
> Linux OS.=20 Fits in a 64MB Disk on Module or hard drive. If
> you use a Disk on Module you can even remove the hard drive
> on the machine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Durbin [mailto:techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: March 22, 2004 1:54 PM
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
>
>
> I looked at some of the programs suggested last week. I was
> hoping to find a relatively easy way to turn a PC into a thin
> client AND get rid of the local Microsoft OS. It would be
> nice to be able to encourage some of my smaller clients to
> adopt server-based computing by giving them a free or cheap
> way to use their aging PCs as thin client devices.
>
> Knoppix - this is Linux on a bootable CD. It contains a bunch
> of programs, one of which is an RDP client, but it's overkill
> and I'd want to boot from a hard disk, because any older PC
> that I'm going to convert would have a hard disk.
>
> Pilot Linux - this is also Linux on a bootable CD, derived
> from Knoppix.
> This started to boot, but at one point it just
> black-screened, and I didn't even try to troubleshoot it.
>
> Thinstation - this is another Linux bootable CD that reads
> the connection specifics (server IP, etc.) from a floppy.
> This worked perfectly, although the display settings were a
> bit off (not all the colors, and the wrong resolution).
>
> PXES - this is a linux thin client that loads from a TFTP
> server after a PXE boot. I haven't tried this one yet, but
> based on what a pain it would be burning a new CD every time
> you're troubleshooting something like a display problem, this
> seems like it might be more appealing.=20
>
> What I'd really like to find is something I can install for
> free to a PC's hard drive that would boot and give me a thin
> client interface like you'd see on a true thin client (like a
> Wyse or a Neoware) (oh yeah, and I'd want it to be free, or
> really cheap, like $20 a machine).
> Anyone know what Neoware charges for ThinPC? Based on how
> expensive their ezRemote Manager is, I'm guessing it's not cheap.
>
> JD
> =20
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig=20
> >http://thin.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 4:16 a.m.
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
> >=20
> > No but I have an article that lists links and a bit of
> info=20 to all
> >of the options and different products that do this at:
> > http://ondemandaccess.com/article_read.asp?id=3D45
> >=20
> > Regards,
> > Jim Kenzig
> > http://thin.net
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Tore Hansen
> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:37 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Thin client shell
> >=20
> >=20
> > Does anyone have experience with products like Thintop (=20
> >thintop.com ) Clam IT ( clam-it.com ) or Alcatraez from Wyse.
> >=20
> > Tore H
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