On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 09:04:25AM -0600, Kenneth L. Summers wrote: > > My colleagues who usually work on X-terminals noticed certain advantages > > of > > PC compared to X-terminal and basically the idea is instead of buying extra > > 5 > > X-terminals to buy 5 PC. I think I understand how to maintain > > single-computer > > system, but I have very little experience with clusters. > > Well, welcome to the club. We made the decision about six months ago to > replace our X-terms with Linux boxes. The `pilot' project was to build a > small cluster of Debian Linux boxes that serve as terminals for a classroom > and general use during the day, and as a compute engine at night and weekends.
Interesting. In the CS department at my university, they have decided to move towards xterms instead, since they have lower cost of ownership. Most PCs are just terminals now anyway -- we have Citrix WinFrame which allows Windows work from any terminal. Some of the better PCs have NT 4.0 on the desktops, too. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
