Terminal services alternatives

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 14:27, Aly Dharshi wrote:

> Ben Steeves wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:19:29 -0500 (EST), Tom Diehl <tdiehl at rogueind.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>I would like to be able to have a server somewhere connected to the internet via
> >>a T1. Clients would be connected to the internet via some type of broadband
> >>connection (no dialup). The clients ideally would be something along the lines
> >>of a winterm or thinstar. I know this type of thing is easially done with
> >>windoze terminal services, or windoze termianl services and citirx depending
> >>on exactly what you need, but is there a linux equivelent?
> > 
> > 
> > If you're looking for a real thin-client solution, the Sun
> > Microsystems SunRay client is quite nice.  I'm not entirely sure if it
> > would work over a WAN, but I think in the latest version it may be
> > able to.  The SunRay server software runs on Linux.
> > 
> The lastest release should I would think. But it works fairly well here.

It works over a wan, but make sure you have low latency and large
bandwidth.  Otherwise it can be painfully slow.

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