LTSP itself across slow links is not good, due to having toload the kernel
and Xfree over the link.

But a thin client with just Linux/Xfree and a lightweight (twm/blackice etc)
window manager can work OK.

Things get a bit better if you tunnel through ssh to get a bit of
compression, but it's not really realistic over 56k dialup, but ADSL should
be fine for general usage.

I've tried X over our WAN here, on 512k and 128k links and it works fine on
the 512k as long as I stay away from animated stuff, and the 128k was
bearable, but not practical for a full time user.

Cheers,  Chris Hellyar.



-----Original Message-----
From: Bjorn Nilsen 

Sounds like there is no chance the Linux Terminal Server will work over a
WAN or VPN over the Internet. Are their other options to provide a more
"thin" thin client setup? eg: Citrix, MSTS

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