discuss: Re: New HOWTO --BuildingDumb Terminals with Linux ==> Review help required
Subject:
Re: New HOWTO --BuildingDumb Terminals with Linux ==> Review help required
From:
"alpha1429" ####@####.####
Date:
31 May 2003 02:12:21 -0000
Message-Id: <Law15-DAV51nLOyDc41000267aa@hotmail.com>
David Horton wrote:
> Glen Turner wrote:
>>
>> My only comment is that you might want to rethink the name.
>> "Dumb terminals" used to mean serial terminals without a
>> great deal of capability, such as cursor addressing.
>>
>> I think "diskless workstation" is the more common term.
>
>
> "Thin Client" or "NetPC" are popular terms as well.
>
>
> It looks like you have a very nice HOWTO, Sumeet. The only thing
> that I would wish for would be that section 4.1 have examples of how
> to configure LTSP on distributions other than redhat.
I've tried it on Debian, Redhat and Mandrake. Proceduraly, its not all that
different. However, there are a few nuances (setting up sound was
particularly
fun with sound playing on the server instead of the client =)). I suppose I
could
provide some input on this in the future. I'm quite busy at the moment
though.
Binh.
