On 2/1/07, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:17:51PM +0530, Ramdas wrote: > On 1/28/07, Josh Tolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 1/27/07, Reiner Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In the next 2 weeks, a free NX client will be released which is runs on > >> OpenBSD without Linux emulation. All closed source parts from Nomachine > >> client are rewritten. As there are some parts from original Nomachine > >> client was used, it will be released under the GPL > > > >That's excellent news! I assume this email list list will hear about it? > > > >-Josh > > > > > > Hi all, > > I was on leave so I didnot reply. > Thanx for the responses. > > Here is config of the box: > Ram : 256 MB > Hdd : 20 GB (hdd space is not an issue. and we won't be using NFS as > these terminals might be placed at remote locations.) > Processor : pIII. > > We are basically trying to biuld a GUI interface for the end user on a > robust OS / platform . Idea is that the box should boot and start the > application GUI directly which will take input from the user & send > the data to the central server ( over lan or dial up modem ). > > Also kindly advise if OpenBsd with some X interface will be a correct > choice for this or we should be looking for Java OS / Java X > interface. > > Is there any good howto/link to build a thin client for Obsd.Your `thin client' has more horsepower than my laptop. You will be fine, really. I don't know anything about Java OS, but it sounds like it wouldn't outperform OpenBSD. This might or might not be an actual issue. As I noted before, I'm not certain about the dial-up aspect. If it is possible to run whatever application you want to run locally, and synchronize via, say, unison, that might be better for your dial-up users. OpenBSD mostly doesn't do howto's; you might want to take a look at some for Linux. Since you'll be using application-level stuff (X, mostly), the difference will be small. Joachim
I would really love to see an implementation of the sunray platform for bsd. The hotseating functionality is beautiful. -- Best Regards Edd
