Hi, On 11/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 19 November 2005 12:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Peter; > > >
... hup ... > > Tom > the idea is kewl. > I fear there are no free lunches! > > You don't want 1 box swapping for even 1/2 doz users so lets say 250M/user ie > 1.5G for a six user cluster. > > Then I've not seen more that 8 usb ports on a motherboad (4 keyboard/mouse > combos), then 4 graphics cards, (or addon usb ports and lots of PCI slots). > This issue can be solved with USB to PS/2 Converters... > To quote the senator 'a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you're > talking serious money' > > I think the myriad of cheap thin clients is a much nicer option, consider the > nightmare of sound, usb-sticks (ooops, need more ports) etc. > For multimedia terminals, audio can be done via USB devices, but it can cost expensive, so in multimedia terminais, may be not a good application... any way, USB hubs can be used to get more ports... I work on basis that no more that four terminais can be expanded from a LTSP workstation to avoid hardware limitations or expensive costs... > James > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today > Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam > for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > -- Alexandre Cavalcante Alencar Debian-CE, PSL-CE, LTSP "...O conhecimento pertence à humanidade..."
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