Re: [LUG] linux in schools - terminal ... man

[Steve Marvell <steve@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:17:47AM +0100, Mark McRitchie wrote:

> I also don't plan on using my other boxen purely as thin clients. I just
> don't want the overhead of running an X server on them and then have to
> muck about and make sure all the same software is installed on all the
> machines.

I don;t mind running an X server one them, they can proably cope. It's
X clients that are the problem.

> While I can see the benefit of having all the thin clients / mounted off a
> server, it doesn't fit my needs at all.

I suppose I'm going for more of a "slim client" than a fully "thin" one.

> I've been looking at the LTSP, and while I think there are some good
> lessons to be learned there in configuring an X server, I don't think
> it fits everybodys needs for thin client architechture.

Quite

Steve

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