[K12OSN] can I get some info on Thin Clients/ Diskless Workstations

Shawn Powers spowers at inlandlakes.org
Wed May 18 14:05:12 UTC 2005


Gavin Chester wrote:
> "chubby" client when you use it to log onto a LTSP environment. 

Yay!  My coined term stuck.  I actually made that up describing a 
PowerPC computer that ran X locally and queried the LTSP server.  A 
"thick" client generally refers to a computer running the os locally.

"chubby" client still makes me laugh...

-Shawn

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