Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-20 Thread LTSP-PNP Adam
W dniu 20.09.2016 o 12:38, Rolf-Werner Eilert pisze: > As I am currently planning a new LTSP environment, there is the question > about thin or fat clients. We have a thin client setup now. > > What would be the main reason for preferring fat clients? Is fat clients > more than just independent

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-discuss Digest, Vol 124, Issue 10

2016-09-20 Thread Steve Marfisi
Regarding Fat Clients... For us in Ontario, Canada, we can obtain PCs for free from Computers for Schools (CFS) . Given that most arrive with 2 GB RAM (some with 1 gb) - they are ideal for use with LTSP. They are powerful enough, and almost in all cases perform just fine. Setup on client side

[Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-20 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
As I am currently planning a new LTSP environment, there is the question about thin or fat clients. We have a thin client setup now. What would be the main reason for preferring fat clients? Is fat clients more than just independent PCs with a complete OS which merely mount their $HOMEs from

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Reason for fat clients

2016-09-20 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2016-09-20, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > What would be the main reason for preferring fat clients? Is fat clients > more than just independent PCs with a complete OS which merely mount > their $HOMEs from some kind of NAS? In the context of LTSP, Fat Clients boot from the network and