Survey) Any software that runs under Linux can run under LTSP.

1) You will need to load a USB module. The example in the LTSP docs (for using a USB 
printer on a ThinkNIC) shows
adding "MODULE_01 = usb-ohci" to the ltp.conf. There are two types of USB. Which one 
you use depends on your hardware.
   I am running USB floppy drives on ThinkNICs and they work fine but I did find that 
they didn't work if I had USB keyboard enabled in the BIOS.... don't ask me why.
   BTW - ThinkNICs do come with CD-ROM drives and a small (4Mb) IDE disk on a chip.

2-4) Don't know, but there is a Web-cam package for LTSP.

5) OpenOffice works great for me. Reads and writes MS Word docs just fine. I use it in 
a public library and users seem to have no trouble figuering how to use it... and that 
is with zero instruction.

6-7) Don't know.

8) I have run both Yahoo and AIM. Work fine if you like that kind of stuff. :-)

  
Hope this was helpful.

Pete
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Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> 
> I need to survey to figure out what software is running with Thin
> Clients (Disk less)
> If anybody know some, please add it to the list and / or answer if you
> could run them. Thanks!
> 
> 1. USB hard disk
> I want to use a USB hard disk for backup, .... Thin Clients are "thin",
> floppy, CD-ROM or others would not fit in, but sometimes you still need
> local devices. When I reboot the Thin Client, the LED on the USB hard
> disk light up, but than goes out and I cannot get the USB port
> activated. Could it mean that the kernel is not supporting USB, or do I
> need to setup in lts.conf something for USB?
> 
> 2. Voice over IP
> Is any packages available, which allows Voice over IP with a Thin Client ?
> 
> 3. IPv6
> Is the kernel IPv6 ready?
> BTW, if I want to recompile a new kernel, is the existing config file
> somewhere available, so that I just edit the new features I need,
> instead of starting from scratch?
> 
> 4. Assuming we get Voice over IP and the USB port for the camera
> running, can we make Video converencing too ??
> 
> 5. Staroffice, E-office, open office    Any experience available?
> 
> 6. Can I run / display only of Autocad drawings?
> 
> 7. Smart card reader
> Is there a package available, which allows to get the Smart card reader
> working? Which Smart card reader should I use?
> 
> 8. Is any messenger working (AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, ... ????)
> 
> Please add comments, and at the end we can format it as a home page for
> ltsp.org.
> 
> bye
> 
> Ronald
> 
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