This was discussed on the K12LTSP list a few months ago. The consensus seemed to be that while it's kinda neat technology, the company is pretty hostile to Linux. Google for
jackpc site:www.redhat.com/archives/k12osn and find the message with the link to their PPT presentation about how 'Linux doesn't really do thin clients well'. No thanks. Petre Jim Kusznir wrote: > Hi All: > > We recently discovered JackPC (http://www.chippc.com/products/jackpc/). > The > product looks really cool; its very small (fits into a standard single-gang > network box), uses little power (powered by PoE; uses only 5W), and appears > to be reasonably powerful. In addition, its in the nomral price range, > including the mounting box. The only hitch I see so far is that it is > based > on the AMD Au 1550 RISC cpu. When I contacted the company regarding Linux > support, they said they had linux support, but their customers all wanted > different things in the linux support, and compatibility became such a big > issue that they abandoned it. However, it does appear the linux kernel > compiles for this CPU, and I've found reference to other embedded devices > using the same CPU running linux. So, for those ltsp-experts out there, > would it be very doable to make ltsp run on these devices? What > roadblocks > or other difficulties to you envision? > > Thanks for all the hard work on LTSP! > > --Jim > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
