>
> >LDM is a piece of software that runs on the client hardware, and uses SSH
> to
> >connect to the server.
>
I don't understand this as we run about forty thin clients and they boot
with PXE and we don't put any software on them?
>
> >It's probably not feasible to run as an android app, as it is a login
> manager,
> >and will start a desktop environment that will likely fight with the
> running
> >Android OS.
>
I would assume as a login manager that it merely lets things happen after
authentication but the events that are allowed are only what is programmed.
If only software functionality compatable with the Android kernel were
allowed then there should be any fight. I'm thinking an SSH tunnel bringing
in X11 data from the server. Android can handle X11 ok can't it?
Also, at the Ubuntu site they offer two Ubuntu/Android apps. (
https://one.ubuntu.com/downloads/android/). Both of these are just as, if
not more, complicated than what is needed to run as a thin client aren't
they?
>
> >It's also complicated to set up LDM in a non-LTSP environment unless you
> really
> >understand it well.
Well I definitely don't understand it but when my current clients boot, PXE
and LTSP deliver them a login screen, that's all. That doesn't seem too
complicated to me but since there isn't anything out there yet to use these
Android devices as thin clients it must be complicated or it would have
been done.
>You might want to first try setting it up on a more
> >conventional computer with your preferred operating system installed
> before
> >getting into installing it into a more unusual environment.
>
I agree totally but I've been looking for Non-PXE alternatives to connect
to the server but haven't found any. I have Ubuntu as the operating system
on my laptop but I also change the bios and network boot to the server with
it. So, it then has a totally different OS running than the one on its hard
drive. One approach, then, may be to reboot an Android device and have it
then load a new Linux kernel. That would make the client operate just like
all other clients and would not be affected by any subsequent Android
modifications.
>
> >There are some thin-client options built for Raspberry PI, or you could
> possibly
> >build an LTSP environment with raspbian:
>
> I have checked that out and have tried a little to get it to work and
tried it with the MK802 mini PC I also have but what strikes me about the
approach is how I don't have to make different boot images for my current
clients even though they have different processors (Intel and Amd),
different Nic cards, etc. I would think we should probably need two or
three versions for tablet devices and micro PCs - one for Android, one for
Apple and one for Microsoft
>
> Alternately, maybe use Debian's armel port with a kernel from raspbian.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> live well,
> vagrant
>
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