Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC Thin Clients??

2006-11-27 Thread Jim Kusznir
Yea, I just read it too and was amazed at the complete lack of competence in the company (actually, it looks like they have a few pro-Micro$oft engineers who started slinging the FUD as much as possible to prevent themselves from actually having to learn anything about linux. Unfortunately, the h

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC Thin Clients??

2006-11-23 Thread Roy Souther
I just read this PPT file. It is nothing but lies and false information. I question why any company would go to such an effort to do this. It's clear to me that these people are suffering from a "Fatal Deception Error: ID10T" On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 10:44 -0600, Petre Scheie wrote: > jackpc site:w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC Thin Clients??

2006-11-22 Thread Petre Scheie
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 'Lin

[Ltsp-discuss] JackPC Thin Clients??

2006-11-22 Thread Jim Kusznir
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 p

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-05 Thread John Nicholls
Guys, I think I can help with some of the questions raised in relation to the jackPC. I had a quick look at the website and the CPU is a AMD Au1550 which is a SOC based on the MIPS32™ instruction set. The biggest problem would be developing a Linux or NetBSD kernel that is compatible with their h

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-05 Thread Roy Souther
Are you building this system from scratch as in designing the main board and everything? That seems like a lot of work. It could be great if you do find the funding. On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 12:45 +0100, Eckhard Jokisch wrote: Alvin Starr wrote > > It would be a chunk of work but creating an

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-05 Thread Eckhard Jokisch
Alvin Starr wrote > > It would be a chunk of work but creating an ARM LTSP should be quite > doable and as for no PXE it is quite possible to put the ltsp kernel on > flash and boot it from there. We have had to do this to support wireless > PCI cards I am working on an ARM based solution for a whi

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-04 Thread Alex Harrington
> I then removed the flash disk, switched it on and up popped a boot menu > including a PXE option. :) > > No guarantee this one will be the same, but it's worth a closer look. I've approached the manufacturer about PXE option and have a phone-meeting booked with one of their technical staff on

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-04 Thread Phil Davey
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 11:15 + schrieb Alex Harrington: http://www.chippc.com/products/thinclients/jackpc/ Does anybody have any ideas RE: LTSP compatibility? This looks like a nice-to-have on the first moment. But: It will not wor

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-04 Thread Alvin Starr
Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 11:15 + schrieb Alex Harrington: Just a heads up for those who may not have seen these.. http://www.chippc.com/products/thinclients/jackpc/ Definitly a very nice idea. Does anybody have any ideas RE: LTSP compatibility?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-04 Thread Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 11:15 + schrieb Alex Harrington: > Just a heads up for those who may not have seen these.. > > http://www.chippc.com/products/thinclients/jackpc/ > > Definitly a very nice idea. > > Does anybody have any ideas RE: LTSP compatibility? This looks like a nice-to-hav

[Ltsp-discuss] JackPC thin Clients

2005-11-04 Thread Alex Harrington
Just a heads up for those who may not have seen these.. http://www.chippc.com/products/thinclients/jackpc/ Definitly a very nice idea. Does anybody have any ideas RE: LTSP compatibility? Cheers -- Alex Harrington - IT Support, Longhill High School t: 01273 304086 | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---