Eric understood quite well my request. I try to add more details, aiming to
clarify the problem.
Using virtualisation you can have more O.S. running on the same HW. If you
are a single user, there are no problem accessing each virtual machine: you
can have a windows for each session.
But if you have few physical users that want access the virtual machines,
then they need a their own PC accessing via RDP the mentioned Virtual
machines. Being the virtual machine the system of interest, the clients
would be "stripped down" as much as possible. I would like to distrubute
several CDs on "old" machines, with no O.S. installed on local HD. Once boot
from the CD the user will connect to the VM.
There are no particular requirements on the clients: a fluid remote desktop
will be enough. No games, or other resource demanding options.
As I also admitted in my first mail, the request itself is O.T., but
strongly push toward the adoption of the virtualization (through the use of
VirtualBox, of course).
jdd: VNC looks ok, but what I'm searching for is a bootable CD with a system
that would include and automatically start it.
Fab
2010/9/19 Eric S. Johansson <[email protected]>
> 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.
>
>
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