[THIN] Re: Thin client shell
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.net" <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:57 -0500
There are several free solutions out there 2 on the thin.net that work great
that are mentioned in the article I suggested in my last post.
JK
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jeff Durbin
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:54 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.
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
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
> http://thin.net
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 4:16 a.m.
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
>
> No but I have an article that lists links and a bit of info
> to all of the options and different products that do this at:
> http://ondemandaccess.com/article_read.asp?id=45
>
> Regards,
> Jim Kenzig
> http://thin.net
>
> -----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
>
>
> Does anyone have experience with products like Thintop (
> thintop.com ) Clam IT ( clam-it.com ) or Alcatraez from Wyse.
>
> Tore H
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