[K12OSN] Question about shared memory usage in K12LTSP
Andy Rabagliati
andyr at wizzy.com
Fri Apr 2 07:39:16 UTC 2004
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Brian Chase wrote:
> I have read in the K12LTSP distro's documentation that you
> can allow workstations to run applications using their own
> RAM. From what I can tell, that's all or nothing, hoping
> I'm wrong.
>
> When you configure LTSP to run applications locally on a
> given workstation, is the system smart enough to borrow
> memory from the server for larger applications that the thin
> client doesn't have enough memory to run, or is it stuck
> with the local RAM to try and get everything done forevermore?
No direct experience ..
However, my understanding is that it is not all-or-nothing.
For most apps, they run on the server, display on the client -
regular LTSP style.
However, you can pick certain local apps (a browser comes to mind)
that run locally (invoked by rsh, a very insecure remote shell
protocol) but talk to your window manager (on the server) and
then to the local display.
It is just as easy (and quick?) to run a browser on /some other/
client computer for your own purpose.
The 'icon' or whatever (on the server desktop) would execute :-
rsh <bobs computer over there> netscape -display $DISPLAY
or something similar.
Corrections welcomed.
Cheers, Andy!
http://wizzy.org.za/
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