On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com> wrote:
2009/1/15 Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com>:
For a 128 MiB RAM board, just selecting the default automatic configuration, is unlikely to be optimal. You mentioned LTSP for instance, so the application selection would be different from a stand alone machine.
Also just an example. LTSP is one place we would have liked to push these boards but the system requirements were still way too high simply because of the architecture of LTSP. I'm personally more used to thin clients running on top of Citrix Metaframe, or VMWare ESX where all they have to do is connect an RDP client - LTSP is more like running a full, heavyweight distribution over NFS and the only benefit is lack of disks. You still need a ton of memory (128MB is supposed to be the minimum) and a decent graphics adapter, and enough power to run a lot of things natively, which semi-defeats the object of having thin clients in the first place as a cost-saving measure, although it DOES make the server side much, much cheaper. As an example of the whole squashfs argument, KIWI-LTSP also builds squashfs images for the LTSP chroot :D -- Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org