FW: Thin Client on Linux Server

[Kshitij Kotak]

1st of all a happy new year 2013. 

 
Request guidance on how to create a network with a Linux Server with all thin clients (Linux). LTSP looks like a standard bet, K12 is a ready implementation however, I know K12 development is stopped. Preferred on Fedora or CentOS or please recommend. 

Would appreciate a quick reply.

Also need step-by-step implementation method. I am not an expert at Linux so pardon my naivety.

Regards
Kshitij M Kotak

[J T Dsouza]

LTSP

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Kshitij Kotak <kshiti...@hotmail.com> wrote:

1st of all a happy new year 2013. 

 
Request guidance on how to create a network with a Linux Server with all thin clients (Linux). LTSP looks like a standard bet, K12 is a ready implementation however, I know K12 development is stopped. Preferred on Fedora or CentOS or please recommend. 

LTSP is the best bet.
 

Would appreciate a quick reply.

Also need step-by-step implementation method. I am not an expert at Linux so pardon my naivety.

You are jumping into the deep end. If you are not a linux admin you will SINK. You have to know your hardware, software and load requirements very well, to not drown.

Regards
Kshitij M Kotak

[Siji Sunny]

Request guidance on how to create a network with a Linux Server with all thin clients (Linux). LTSP looks like a standard bet, K12 is a ready implementation however, I know K12 development is stopped. Preferred on Fedora or CentOS or please recommend. 

LTSP is the best bet.

+1

 

Would appreciate a quick reply.

Also need step-by-step implementation method. I am not an expert at Linux so pardon my naivety.

You are jumping into the deep end. If you are not a linux admin you will SINK. You have to know your hardware, software and load requirements very well, to not drown.

 

As JTD mentioned, it's upto you requirement such as hardware, software load etc.If you are having a average hardware at the client side, you can boot the client device by using any lightweight linux and using XDMCP can connect to the server for loading heavy applications.

 

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Siji Sunny

[Arun Khan]

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Siji Sunny wrote:
>
> As JTD mentioned, it's upto you requirement such as hardware, software load
> etc.If you are having a average hardware at the client side, you can boot
> the client device by using any lightweight linux and using XDMCP can connect
> to the server for loading heavy applications.

+1 to JTD and Siji Sunny's response.
You can find quite a few sites for 'step by step' LTSP setup but you
need some Linux Sys Admin skills.

You need to define the apps that your users will be running + plus the
memory requirement, how many users etc.
Accordingly you will have to configure the server so on and so forth.

-- Arun Khan

[Kshitij M Kotak]

thank you friends, got a thin client with linux on DOM with OpenOffice. Now I guess I should NFS to log in to server as a Linux user, right?

 

[Arun Khan]

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Kshitij M Kotak
<kshiti...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> thank you friends, got a thin client with linux on DOM with OpenOffice. Now
> I guess I should NFS to log in to server as a Linux user, right?
>

For NFS you will have to deploy a LDAP server as well (NIS in the old
days) to have a "networked" view of uid/gid. Otherwise, you will have
a nightmare on your hands for file ownership and ACL management.

It might be easier to login in to a desktop "server" with XDMCP.

-- Arun Khan