On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:46 pm, Ken Foskey wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 09:55, Stuart Guthrie @ SLUG wrote: > > I agree with Luke for a different reason. > > > > The other problem with centralising X is network bandwidth. All of the > > graphics have to pass to and fro which means you need both high > > bandwidth low latency and no network problems. > > > > This makes the network a choke point to be watched and will put off some > > people. > > you might want to look up lbx. > > 10 Mb is a large network for quite a few PCs so dont underestimate what you > can do.
With the price of 10/100 Nics retailing at $12 each and a 10/100 8 port switch retailing at $75, networks are not the issue. Thinking about what you are trying to achieve is much more important. regards, Richard Hayes -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
