[K12OSN] Updating the PXE start files

Rob Owens rob.owens at biochemfluidics.com
Wed Jan 2 12:37:01 UTC 2008


Les Mikesell wrote:
> Todd O'Bryan wrote:
> 
>> I have a laptop at school that I want to integrate into the thin
>> client network, but rather than actually using it as a client, I
>> decided I'd rather be able to just walk away from the server if I
>> needed to, so I'm planning to try to install FreeNX on the server and
>> a client on the laptop. If I want the laptop to look like a client
>> (i.e., run from the server), I just open a session to the server. If I
>> need to do something just on the laptop, just close the session and
>> I'm my own island again.
> 
> Note that these aren't mutually exclusive situations.  You can continue
> to run local applications in separate windows, even if they are
> sometimes covered by the NX window, and it is often very useful to be
> able to cut and paste between them.
> 
FYI:  if you're running NX in fullscreen mode, you can get back to
windows by hitting Ctrl-Esc

-Rob




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