On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Raja Subramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:51 AM, LinuXpert Academy > <[email protected]> wrote: >> It is not advisable to choose ncomputing solution, especially if the >> institution prefers >> to go completely with open source. > > +1 >
I second the opinion as well. The base devices cost about USD 250; the do it yourself Atom solution is in the same ballpark with more memory (and flexibility). Also beware of other clone vendors; their boxes look identical to the NComputing device and for software they give the "cracked" versions of the incumbent's software! > Get the college to ask the vendor for reference of implementations where > have installed NComputing + Linux. Most implementations will be on > Windows and that too WinXP. Vendor support for such solutions is a > big mess. Agree, I could not get any straight answers from the NComputing sales team in India (about a couple of years ago). However, I have seen the clone devices work with RHEL 4.x at a vendor demo. > Recommend a 100% open source solution like LTSP which has large > community adoption and support. Besides, Baskar's solution - there is Thinstation. You can build custom thin client images using the TS-O-matic <http://tsom.paepke.net/index.php>. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
