[K12OSN] A few ~$200 thin clients to try
Bill Moseley
moseley at hank.org
Sun Apr 6 17:43:09 UTC 2008
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 09:18:53AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> I tested it myself on Ubuntu 7.10 with LTSP 5 and found the boot
> times to be about 2.5 minutes if I remember correctly. I don't have
> my notes in front of me, but I remember performance being terrible
> with X over ssh. When I disabled that using DIRECTX=True, it got
> better but it was still pretty slow for basic things like screen
> refreshes when minimizing/maximizing/moving a window, or scrolling a
> spreadsheet.
Interesting. I'm asking more out of ignorance just because (when
not using SSH) I would think it would be the same X protocol in both
versions of LTSP.
I know this has been discussed at times before, but I'm also curious
why Nomachine's NX technology to reduce bandwidth needs would not be a
win? Is the speed-up of using NX not that significant over a LAN?
> Of course, my requirements might be different than yours. I'd
> recommend trying one out. They're cheap enough. Just don't buy a
> ton of them until you've tried it on LTSP 5.
That's the plan -- but I do want to try a few more powerful units to
start with. On the other hand if $120 units are usable then that's a
nice savings.
Thanks very much for you tips, Rob.
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Bill Moseley
moseley at hank.org
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