Re: Old x486 as thin client

[Andy Firman <andy@firman.us>]

On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 11:04:56AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 12:56:35PM -0600, Mark Gillingham wrote:
> > In your opinion, am I wasting my time doing this?
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> No.  In fact, the local school districts recently were threatened by
> Microsoft, the school districts gave MS the finger and switched to
> Linux (in case you're wondering why k12ltsp exists).
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> > If I am not wasting my time, is rdesktop suitable for my purpose of
> > displaying normal Windows apps (e.g., Office). Thanks for your
> > thoughts.
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> Why not just set up a real machine with Linux, lots of ram and disk,
> and a fast network, use all the 486s as X servers, and just use X11?

I have always wanted to do this.  How do you have the 486s run an
X server without an OS?  Or do they get a base Debian install?

Also, what are the best hardware thin clients for this sort of setup?