For a wireless Sun Ray, have a look at Tadpole's offerings.  It's a Sun
Ray 1 in a laptop format.  Very cool!

Chris

Anthony Worrall wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I would find a software version of the SunRay Client very usefully.
> I have a SunRay on my desk (well two actually running multi headed so that
> one is used for gnome and the other runs rdesktop for when I have to use
> windows boxes ;-(. Often I need to work in our labs which don't have SunRays
> or on our help desk. I can transfer the windows connection but not the 
> gnome session :-(.
> 
> Being able to connect to the gnome session from home would also be a big
> plus.
> 
> The other option I had thought about was a wireless SunRay ( SunRay 1 with a
> usb wireless device maybe) but then that rather goes against the HotDesk
> philosophy of SunRays.
> 
> One thing we are looking at at the moment is converting old PC's into thin
> clients running RDP (rdesktop) and X using thinstation software
> (http://thinstation.sourceforge.net).
> 
> A software Sunray client would be nice to have on this platform. It allows
> the user to connect their USB storages devices to windows sessions, but I
> don't think allows the device to X sessions.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Anthony Worrall
>  
> 
>>>On an unrelated note:  I've heard rumors that Sun has developed a
>>>SunRay client in Java.  Have you heard anything about this, by chance?
>>
>>
>>I can't see the demand existing for any kind of 'Sun Ray in software
>>client'. If you're using a device to access a Solaris app, there are
>>easier ways to access it than installing a Sun Ray software client and
>>connecting to a  Sun Ray server, which then runs the app.  Most
>>customers I see are using PCs, so they can use an X Server for Windows,
>>or X host across from Linux.  If they're remote users, or using WiFi
>>connections from tablet PCs or such like using Tarantella or something
>>similar would make most sense.
>>
>>It would be fun to see though :)
>>
>>Chris
>>
> 
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