Hi everybody,
I have installed Ubuntu Alternate 11.10 64bit, and I assume that I
have to use Unity instead of Gnome 2.
Compared to Gnome 2, Unity is very resource demanding on the
thin-clients. The GPU on the thin-clients is an Intel GMA 950, and I
can see with glxinfo | grep direct rendering in
No comment on actual usage because I'm on 10.04LTS.
I believe that 2D acceleration is provided over the network, the X11
protocol allows the apps (clients) to be drawn by the X server that
they are being displayed on (the thin client hardware). So the actual
window border draws etcetera are
I'm also using 10.04LTS.
You can change the windows manager for everyone or individual clients by
using the LDM_SESSION in your lts.conf file:
Here is an example for my display screen in the reception area:
[mac address]
X_BLANKING=0 # Don't ever turn off the screen.
