On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 09:44, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> My thin-clients are plenty fast enough to not use xdm to run the X apps on
> the LTSP server.
> 
> But LTSP doesn't provide configs nor packages (or tarballs) for providing
> a good window manager (twm is included in the
> ltsp-x-core-4.3.99.901-0-i386.tgz).
> 
> A simple change for the configs is to run real startx (after making sure X
> is configured) instead of X querying XDMCP.
> 
> Also, since not using xdm, it would be good to have a non-root user for
> the user's login. (In this environment, I don't need any XDM logins since
> there won't be different users nor different profiles nor any saved data.)
> 
> And LTSP doesn't provide mozilla or firefox.
> 
> I know the normal way is to just have the window manager and mozilla
> installed and ran on the LTSP server, but I'd prefer that it all be
> installed to the /opt/ltsp/i386 hierarchy and available via NFS so it is
> ran on the thin-client.
> 
> One idea is to use ltspacp (contrib) to copy apps to the LTSP tree. But
> this means you install the software on the server first and then the files
> aren't registered for easy cleanup. (I need an easy solution so others can
> easily update the /opt/ltsp/i386 software.)
> 
> I'd prefer to not have my LTSP server be a XDM server or to run any X
> clients.
> 
> I'd prefer to use a real packaging system so I can easily add, remove and
> query installed packages. (I am using LTSP 4.)
> 
> Also, the busybox tools often have limited functionality. I'd prefer to
> use the real (coreutils, etc) versions instead.
> 
> Does anyone have any comments or advice on any of the above?
> 
> Should I use a different solution that LTSP 4?
> 
> Is there a ready-to-install window manager for LTSP 4?
> 
> Is there a ready-to-install firefox (or mozilla) for LTSP 4?
> 
> Are there ready-to-install replacements for busybox tools for LTSP 4?
> 
> I recall seeing LTSP discussion on this list, so I am asking here before I
> look at the real LTSP list(s).
> 
> I am considering just using pkgsrc (which is a package build framework)
> for creating my own LTSP alternative. Basically, the only parts I need to
> copy from LTSP or recreate are: pxelinux and some simple booting configs.
> 
> Anyone here interested in helping or testing a new thin-client solution?
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have you looked at this?

<http://www.thinstation.org/>

Craig

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