On 9/18/2010 9:26 AM, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:57:47 +0100, Fabrizio Carrai > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> maybe this is a question a bit off-topic, but has anybody experience on >> "thin clients" that allow easy connections to VirtualBox Linux clients >> (In >> my case I'm running Ubuntu) ? >> >> I'm searching for clients that can boot direct from CD/DV/USB. > I would say this is off topic. Booting a thin client from a virtual > machine is no different to booting one from a physical box somewhere. > > You'r better off looking at what your thin-client solution needs to be. > Then look to boot it from a virtual or physical infrastructure. They are > two separate problems.
I think the question could send better wording (says the king of badly worded questions). I also think it is on topic because it pertains to virtual box use. My interpretation says he is asking for a minimalist client he can use on end-user machines that will only access virtual machines. It depends, in my opinion, on how stripped down he wants the thin client to be. at the core, you want an RDP client start with a minimal user interface to connect them to the right virtual machine either explicitly or implicitly. In the beginning, you start with a fat linux distribution on the remote machine and make sure everything wakes up the right way. If space is truly a problem because you're trying to boot off flash disk or the net, move to one of the small/tiny distributions and put together a real minimalist solution of X11, supporting libraries, kernel, and RDP client. Wouldn't even bother with the window manager because the RDP client would wake up full-screen. There may be some additional glue logic for the person to log in and be directed to the right virtual machine but, that's fundamentally what I would do for a dedicated remote client. It's important to be aware that it's frequently cheaper to cram a fat distribution into a really large flash drive that is to pay for engineering work to make it small. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
