--- LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 20:20, supreet wrote: > > > > > Regarding 486 running linux. I worked on 486 from > 1996-1998 with > > linux/X-windows. > > > > This thing works. > > > > Following Config I used to run: > > > > Intel 486-dx2 66Mhz > > 8 Mb Ram > > Realtek vga card with 256k memory 16 color > > > > > > With little effort this can still be done > > > so the question is, if such a 486 pc, or a pentium > I, is connected via > ltsp to an amd athlonxp with redhat8 or 9, with a > graphics card that > supports 800x600 24-bit, would it still be able to > handle gnome or > kde...? and running openoffice? all streaming in > from the amd athlonxp > server?
When you are thinking of thin client or LTSP kind of network solution, I would not go for Gnome/KDE at the client end. Both are heavy and you don't want to run all the kind of software which come with these two desktop environment, do you? Yes you need a good graphics card capable of 24bit resolution and may be 3D graphics, because you may be intending the clients to access graphics related software. The main idea is to utilise older PCs( 486, P-I) to work efficiently. You serve software like OpenOffice from a central server. My advice is that you stick to a less heavy Window manager like IceWM, Window Maker, or XFCE4(it is much improved). OpenOffice 1.1 is much faster than the earlier versions. In a LTSP environment, the subsequent loading of OpenOffice at the client end, after some user has already done it, will be really fast( one second or thereabout). And yes, such a solution is thoroughly workable. In fact, I was trying to convince my people its efficacy ( I am in Government), but somehow, saving money by utilizing obsolescent hardware has not been a priority in Govt. offices. -- narsingh ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
