[K12OSN] TC K12LTSP NComputing

[Dale Petersen]

I got one of these too and played around with it a bit. They seem to be pretty dependent on a Windows server and their service running on that server. In that environment, they work great. Simple to set up, very responsive; audio and video work well. 

Didn't see an easy way to use with K12LINUX. Spoke with a rep about Linux and he indicated that they are working on it, and Ubuntu was the current target. It's sitting on a counter with my other back-burner projects. If they can get it to work in Linux as well as it does in Windows, it might be a good light-weight option for TC.
Dale.

On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Barry R Cisna wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> Our school received an NComputing L-300 Terminal . I am not sure how we
> even got it? Has anyone on the list here messed with these any? I got it
> out of the box, and booted the unit up. It is of course definitely a
> 'one off' TC. 
> 
> When booted the monitor does not even get a view for about 90 seconds
> then the boot options GUI screen shows up.All that is presented is the
> VServer/NComputing configuration,which appears to be a spin off of a
> Citrix core?
> I haven't been able to find any info if it is possible to get into the
> system bios to change any boot options. Can you say pxe boot option? It
> appears the unit is simply locked to whatever mobo firmware is on it,and
> no system options can be reached via the bios.
> These would be a neat unit,beings they are even more compact than the
> Ebox2300 units we have .
> At this point it appears these will be a no go,for using as an TC for
> K12LTSP/K12LINUX.If I am able to do anything with it,I will report back.
> 
> Take Care,
> Barry
>