Actually, I was just drafting a response to your post :) I think using thin clients is a fantastic idea but there's a lot of logistical hurdles to overcome when initially setting up a centralized computing environment. I'm not saying it's impossible (or even impractical) to use thinclients, but there's a lot of things to consider. I'm at work right now so I'll probably post something either later today or tomorrow AM.
However in the mean time there are some resources online that can kind of give you the gist of what thinclient (aka centralized computing) is all about and the fundamentals of how it works. http://www.thinclientcomputing.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client http://www.thinclient.net/thin_client_computing.html Cheers! -Dell Jesse Gentile wrote: > > Hi all. I posted something a few days ago about using thin clients to set > up > computer labs in third world countries. I realize it may be more of a > beginners question. Nobody has answered it but I see some other questions > here being answered. Should I understand this to mean that I need to go > elsewhere to find someone willing to talk about the more basic aspects of > thin clients? Anyone willing to suggest where I might turn? > > Jesse > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:10 AM, DigiDT > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi Philipp, >> I don't mean to hijack the thread but I'm very interested in the thin >> clients you linked; are there any resellers in the USA? >> Thanks >> >> >> Philipp Rüger wrote: >> > >> > Hi G, >> > >> > there is an experimental version of otc available on the experimental >> > repository. With the update of base python and some other packages our >> > own new Intel Atom TC are working. >> > http://openthinclient.com/en/hardware/83-modell-1697 >> > If i remeber exactly the Realtek network chipset was the problem. By >> > adding the needed drivers over a backport our thinclients are working >> now. >> > A turorial for activating the experimental repository is available on >> > openthinclient.org ( >> > >> http://openthinclient.org/Packages?highlight=nfs#Configure_package_resource_list >> > ) >> > >> > Good luck >> > >> > Freundliche Grüße | Best regards >> > Philipp Rüger >> > Telefon: +49 711 1378 636-3 >> > Handy: +49 176 6237 83 25 >> > mailto:[email protected] >> > openthinclient gmbh, Hirschstraße 29, D-70173 Stuttgart >> > Amtsgericht Stuttgart: HRB 245 177; USt-ID: DE216017092 >> > Geschäftsführer: Alexander Stecher, Martin Kreiner >> > http://openthinclient.com >> > >> > >> > >> > Gene Cooper schrieb: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> >> We just got in an Intel D945GSEJT mainboard for evaluation. It looks >> >> like a >> >> great board for use in thin clients...feature-wise. >> >> >> >> We can boot the board using PXE in a simple DRBL setup on our >> workbench, >> >> but >> >> it will not boot using OpenThinclient. >> >> >> >> When attempting to boot from OpenThinclient, the board will not even >> grab >> >> an >> >> IP address from the primary DHCP server (as seen in the logs). We >> tried >> >> alternate DHCP servers (Linux and Windows) and alternate OTC servers >> >> (both >> >> known-working Windows OTC servers). >> >> >> >> Do I just give up? And never use Intel ITX mainboards, no matter how >> >> inexpensive they are? ;-) >> >> >> >> Might anyone have any advice in this case? >> >> >> >> Is anyone successfully using Atom-based thin clients with OTC? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> >> >> G >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as >> DTrace, >> > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. 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