I think Gentoo would be able to fill your needs, but at the same time, it probably isn't a great choice in terms of the intial install/setup. We all know that Gentoo takes a bit of time to get up and running properly, and that would be my only real hesitation here.
I have read a report of some university (I don't remember which, or the URL for the article) which used a Gentoo based install, and did it in such a way that they could push updated images out to all their workstations (I think it was 3000 or more) in about 20 minutes. The SELinux version of Gentoo would answer the security concerns I think. But if you aren't already familiar with Gentoo, you'll have a "bit" of a learning curve ahead of you. Not to mention it will take you some time to build the core system you are looking for. So, I think I would consider the Gentoo option, only if you don't find another distro that meets your needs. But if you do decide to go the Gentoo route, it's flexible enough to do (most) anything you want to configure it to. My thoughts. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Curtis Sloan Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:07 PM To: CLUG General Subject: [clug-talk] Suggestions for Linux-based "thin" client (boot fromHDD)? I need a no frills, secure distro with X capabilities (fat client-turned-thin) so as to boot from hard disk directly to a Citrix ICA Client session. So far I've investigated LTSP and PXES (pxes.sourceforge.net), but both projects appear to be concerned with providing a terminal server environment, and not so much a client (or where they do, the client is truly thin). But neither site is overly clear on this, so please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm considering hardened Gentoo and LFS for their configurability (to keep the cruft down and performance up -- the clients are old machines). I've also investigated a good number of floppy/CD-based mini-distros, but nothing really fit the bill out-of-the-box. As importantly, if not more so, I'll need a good way to image a hundred or so workstations over the network with the distro. I am clueless about how to do this. Suggestions? Thanks, Curtis _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
