On 15-11-04 11:56 AM, Nathan Moore wrote:
Have any of you-all considered replacing (student) linux workstations
with small single-board arm ​systems (eg a Raspberry Pi2 or TI's
Beagleboard)? In terms of unit cost and power consumption they seem
like an attractive solution for run of the mill, interactive work.
We're hoping to see Vmware provide support for Linux based VDI images.
Our two teaching labs used to be equipped with Sun SunRay thin client
devices which provided a Scientific Linux Gnome desktop. That was
great for our instructors who wanted to use Linux open source software
but not so great for the vast majority of courses that utilize Windows
based applications. We have now switched to Dell Wyze Zero Client
devices to access a VDI image. That was a great improvement for most of
our courses but we've had to send instructors who want a Linux
environment off to a lab managed by our Physics department. The
ability to have Linux based VDI would enable all of our instructors to
use our labs. I've heard that Vmware are working on a beta release of
Linux VDI images so things are moving in the right direction.
