On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> One of the first things I have noticed after logging my user in on a terminal > into KDE is that the terminal under MDK Terminal Server shows and runs with > the resources of the terminal. The terminal being a P166mmx with a meer 72MB > of ram is a real dog to load and run KDE 3. > > On the contrary > > This same terminal using LTSP runs at the speed of and shows the hardware > resources of the server. (that is one of the most endeering characteristics > of using a terminal server IMO). The ability to use retired systems as > displays yet the user gets to work at and with the muscle of the server. > > It seems this may not be the case in the way that the MDK Terminal Server is > implemented. Is this true? > Correct, you are booting the kernel and running all apps locally on the client machine. > Using MDK Terminal Server, do the users on the terminals work at that > terminals native speed? > > Or do they get to do thier work with the muscle of the server? > The server is providing nfs services only. The other side of the coin is running the apps on the server side generates quite a bit of network traffic. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
