Re: terminal servers

[Andy Tai <lichengtai yahoo com>]

Not exactly the same as a terminal server but the
GNOME team may also want to make sure VNC as a target
environment that GNOME works well with, too.

--- Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> At ALS several of us talked to guys doing terminal
> server stuff
> (http://www.ltsp.org). They pointed out:
> 
>  a) it's a big deal to be able to do terminal
> servers, because
>     this is what makes Linux a cheap desktop; cf.
> KDE in Largo, 
>     Florida
>  b) GNOME is relatively easy to fix for this
> environment
>  c) this could make a big difference in adoption
> 
> A terminal server basically means you have a bunch
> of thin clients
> that simply run the X server, and a central machine
> with tons of RAM
> that has all home directories and runs the desktop
> and applications,
> displaying on the remote X servers. This is a
> relatively easy remote
> setup, we aren't dealing with e.g. using the same
> home directory from
> two machines; all apps are running on the same
> server.
> 

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