Hi Rogler (moving to ubuntu-devel-discuss)
Rogier Wolff wrote: > Similarly the ssh-to-the-server is something I don't want. My client > is on a private network, I'd rather have the performance of straight X > connections than the security of ssh-encrypted X traffic (on my > low-performance thin client). That's actually quite easy to do, you just need to put LDM_DIRECTX=True in your lts.conf file. I agree that it could conceivably be easier, but even for someone who has had very little computer training that shouldn't be too difficult to do. I suppose it would help a lot of there was a nice 'LTSP tips and tricks' page somewhere. > So what am I after? I actually want to have a "large" photo frame. The > 7" versions cost about the same as a thin client. A 19" monitor (that > I have lying around) costs about the same, so for twice the money, I > get 7 times more picture area... > > This means that after booting the kernel, just starting an X server > (preconfigured is fine!) and triggering the slideshow app is enough. > > Starting X can be done VERY early in a boot sequence. I used to have a > machine with a fixed frequency monitor (back in the early nineties, > and of course it wasn't fixed-vga-frequency!) That machine would run > something like two commands before starting the Xserver and displaying > the remaining boot sequence on an Xterm..... > > If the thing boots really quickly I can turn it off, and just flip it > on whenever a few hours of service is required. If the boot sequence > is as long as it is, I have to leave it on 24/24 and just unblank the > screen when that's required. > > I'm now moving to stripping ltsp almost all the way. That's all very nice if you only want a bit more display area, but unfortunately it doesn't scale. You can't add 20+ keyboards, display cards and mouses (yes, mouses) to one computer. There are already solutions like you describe available (like Userful or NComputing), but personally I feel that those are only useful when you've got many small rollouts, like if you want to roll out 500 containers with 4 workstations each. -Jonathan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
