[THIN] Re: Recommended Thin Clients
- From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:30:15 -0500
for us it was usb scanners and fiber optic nics. My preference is a linux
based one though.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I agree but the problem is if you NEED certain features in the client you
> have to do to Windows, for example, the Xen Desktop, Desktop Receiver
> client, for advanced USB support it has to be the Windows client,
> etc.......
>
> What I don't understand is why they can't create some kind of hardened
> Embedded windows that can't be hacked or wormed or virus. On one of our big
> projects we turned on the first Windows Embedded TC's and within minutes
> they were infected!!!
>
>
> Steve Greenberg
> Thin Client Computing
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Matt Kosht
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:18 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Recommended Thin Clients
>
> Caution - unsolicited 2 cents follows...
> Never regretted going to Linux based thins here. They boot up in
> nothing flat, require no real patches (other than ICA client), perform
> better with less expensive hardware. You couldn't pay me to run
> Windows on a thin. Defeats the whole purpose by having something that
> needs constant care and feeding. Might as well run a PC with XP/Vista
> on it at that point IMO.
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ours were scannable and we patched them regularly. HP was pretty good
> about
> > releasing patches within a day or two for the things that applied to the
> > device. a patch tuesday releasing 8 MS patches might result in two or
> three
> > patches for XPe.
> >
> > XPe was a giant pain. I hated it.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Steve Snyder <kwajalein@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> yeah, sure, whatever. :)
> >>
> >> I can and have patched them and I probably should, but they're
> unscannable
> >> so there's really no one bugging me too to do it.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
> >> <hector.minero@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Steve:
> >>> But, you still have to patch them, right?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________
> >>> Hector Minero
> >>> NSWCDD K55
> >>> Ph:(540)653-8859
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>> Behalf Of Steve Snyder
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:14 PM
> >>> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [THIN] Re: Recommended Thin Clients
> >>>
> >>> That sounds vaguely familiar :)
> >>>
> >>> We're using the same HP TCs as Greg for some odd reason, one nice thing
> >>> about them is they come with Sygate installed and active, so the
> advantages
> >>> that you seek with neolinux (as we did) you also get with the HPs. i.e.
> -
> >>> your IA guy can't see them :D
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
> >>> <hector.minero@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm trying to stay away from XPe because of the patching.
> >>>> We tried a Neolinux client a few months ago and we had a lot of
> trouble
> >>>> with CACs. When you took the card out, the system would lock (as it
> >>>> should), but then you could not unlock it. It was like the it could
> not
> >>>> detect the card again.
> >>>>
> >>>> Has anyone used the Wyse Thin OS Thin clients?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________
> >>>> Hector Minero
> >>>> NSWCDD K55
> >>>> Ph:(540)653-8859
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>>> Behalf Of Greg Reese
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:26 AM
> >>>> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: [THIN] Re: Recommended Thin Clients
> >>>>
> >>>> HP's will do it. i have used them with a CAC and they work fine. HP
> >>>> bought Neoware and those models are now featured in the HP lineup.
> their
> >>>> Neolinux client works with CAC although it is sensitive to the readers
> you
> >>>> use. I deployed a lot of T5270's running XPe. We had issues, but not
> with
> >>>> CAC.
> >>>>
> >>>> Greg
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
> >>>> <hector.minero@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi all, we're looking to replace our Wyse 941G TCs with newer ones.
> >>>>> They've been really good TCs; the only thing I hate is patching
> Windows XP
> >>>>> embedded.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm looking to replace them with Linux TCs or any other OS that is
> >>>>> pretty secure and does not require much patching.
> >>>>> The TCs are automatically configured to launch an ICA Desktop session
> >>>>> to our Citrix servers. Another requirement is that they must support
> CACs
> >>>>> (Smart Cards)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any recommendations?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________
> >>>>> Hector Minero
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
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