Is it possible to build a low fat client using xubuntu to make things even lighter? (I don't understand much about the differences from a users point of view or why xubuntu requires less power. Can someone enlighten me a bit?)
I have some clients that are not so fat, but having sound (i.e. vlc, maybe skype) and flash running locally could solve some problems. Perhaps local apps is a better option in this case. 2008/10/10 David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Gavin, > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> this is interesting stuff. > > Thanks > >> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, David Van Assche wrote: >> >>> I suppose I can put up a Hardy version on my website. >> >> Probably no harm. I suspect a lot of people will want to stick with hardy >> (I suspect "intrepid" suggests a lot of new stuff that might not be >> entirely stable yet). > > Now done: > http://nubae.com/ltsp-linux-terminal-server-project-netbooted-fat-client-for-ubuntu-hardy-and-intrepid > >>> Fat client is indeed meant for what you mention. The minimum requirements >>> as I see them are a 600 mhz P2 with 256MB Ram. It will run on systems >>> with less, but it will be slower, anything below this is really better >>> geared towards use as a thin client. I've tested the low fat client on a >>> 500mhz geode with 128mb ram, and even that works... but it requires some >>> more testing to see what it will and will not run on. Obviously choosing >>> high fat or low fat will make a difference... >> >> Does it use NBD or a local disk swap partition? While it might boot and >> even login in 128MB RAM, I suspect you'll run very short of ram very >> quickly with all applications running locally. Your ram requirements >> should I guess be similar to those for a regular desktop. > > It does use NBD, yes... allows for a fast loading, protected > environment.. home is mounted via nfs, and there is a rather > complicated hack that synchs users between server and fatclient, > controlled by cron. I'll be changing that to use sshfs for next > version. > As for running out of ram, yeah... for sure... its not recommended to > run less than 256mb, my test computer has 500mhz and 512 mb, and that > runs fine... which shows that ram is more important than cpu speed... > >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements >> >> Gavin >> >> >> -- >> edubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >> > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
