Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (292 mails)

[Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know people who run LTSP clients on 486sx25's with 8MB RAM - I think 
running 800x600x16.  They have heat sinks instead of fans, and the fans 
of the PSU's have been cut.

This gives them almost completely silent (they're looking for quieter 
keyboards) workstations.

Their next upgrade will be a quieter wall clock.

And boy do I envy them!!!!

Gary

On Monday 26 March 2001  2:14 pm, Alan Davies wrote:
> LTSP is almost certain to require more resources than Windows
> Terminal Server.
>
> With LTSP you ARE running LINUX on the local machine - albeit without
> a hard disc.
>
> With Terminal Server the applications (and desktop) are 'running' on
> the server - and only the display is hosted by the client.  386 CPU
> and DOS is minimum spec for WTS provided you use the CITRIX layer on
> top.  Otherwise you need a proper 32bit CPU.
>
> It would be possible to get away with fewer resources by 'only'
> running an Xserver on the client - but X is a much bigger beast than
> a WTS client.  We use Xserver clients on 12MB Acorn RiscPC and A7000
> clients quite successfully.  We also use Citrix on the same machines.

-- 
Gary Stainburn
 
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