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.
LDM_SESSION=/usr/bin/openbox-session
There is also a 2d version of unity you may want to check out, it maybe
much faster on your thin clients:
|sudo apt-get install unity-2d|
Michael Pope
On 07/12/11 04:12, Jay Goldberg wrote:
> 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 accelerated. 3D however is not, it's
> bitmap transferred over the network to the thin client, so the result
> is that Unity does require more CPU on the thin client to transfer
> that data (things like shadows around windows).
>
> It's unfortunate that eye-candy has been associated with "modern"
> because a modern desktop should be quicker than the ones from the
> past. In fact the whole idea of pretty graphics is diametrically
> opposed to hot technologies like cloud computing, VDI, and
> anywhere-access, even low-latency, high-bandwidth links are no savoir.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Sandra Schlichting
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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 the thin-client
>> that it is enabled.
>>
>> I have a feeling that the local GPU isn't really used for anything,
>> and everything is software rendered on the backend LTSP server.
>>
>> I assume that Gnome 2 isn't an option any longer?
>>
>> So I wonder, how Unity is performing for everyone else with thin-clients?
>>
>> Hugs,
>> Sandra
>>
> --
> Jay Goldberg
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