[THIN] Re: Recommended Thin Clients
- From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:59:15 -0500
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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