Re: Welcome to Feisty Fawn

Remember its just an idea.

http://i5.tinypic.com/486v1xf.png

The solid inner circle line encapsulates a very simple idea of what
you are currently installing.

The dotted and solid straight lines represent individual/isolated X11
terminal sessions.

Anyhoot, if a P2 client somehow dies, just install a video card in the
neighboring P2 client and move the monitor/keyboard/mouse over to that
system. given you have USB. Same goes if you need to add a
workstation and for some reason you run out of cheap p2 junkers :)

Tootles.

On 2/15/07, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> Why are we doing this?
>
> The picture looks cool. However, this forces one to place 4 to 8
> computers close together. It also wastes a good processor. Everything is
> 64 bit dual core these days. Even if you get a low end processor you
> should be able to put about 20 thin clients on it. Assuming you have
> enough RAM.
>
> My test hardware
>
> 1. Server = Pentium 4 ( 2 gig I think )
> 2. RAM = 2gig
> 3. Thin Client = Old Pentium 2 Compaq
> 1. No HD
> 2. 128 RAM ( or about that )
>
> I did get a thin client from http://www.disklessworkstations.com/ . I
> can't remember which one at the moment. One of the low end ones.
>
> I'm going to the ASTE conference on the 25. I'm setting up a small lab.
> I'll have better specs and pictures then.
>
> Shane Spencer wrote:
> > actually, let me get to the point :)
> >
> > If the terminal client is a linux box, no matter how beefy, and can
> > support multiple video cards on a PCI bus then you can add extra heads
> > to each box instead of buying a whole new setup to add another
> > terminal client station. Any of your clients that appreciate your
> > solution but need more workstations in a cost effective way may find
> > this useful. Each head is capable of isolated input devices and an
> > isolated connection to the terminal server. This includes anything
> > within a specific USB chain if you are a spiffy script kiddie.
> > Userful Multiplier is a comnmercial solution to this, I used straight
> > X as well as a Xephyr solution for testing.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat
> >
> > Just *munch munch munch* food for thought if it hasn't come up yet.
> > Happy V-Day aklug.
> >
> > On 2/14/07, Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Yeh :) I fully understand how it works. Its neat that you can offer
> >> something of that scale off a single system. What are the terminal
> >> clients made of?
> >>
> >> On 2/14/07, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I should be able to do 30 or more thin clients on a 64 bit dual core
> >>> processor with about two gigs of RAM. I'm shooting for 25 or 30. That
> >>> way they will have spare power for applications that work the cpu.
> >>>
> >>> Thin clients can be placed all over the building. Plug them into the
> >>> appropriate switch/terminal server and away you go. :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Shane Spencer wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Ok :) 2/4/8 independant heads on one fast computer is a pretty good
> >>>> and very fast interface, just not an option one you are looking for.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/14/07, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> This is not an option. Thin clients and terminal servers aren't that
> >>>>> expensive. They also give you more flexibility. Remember, most
> >>>>> companies, schools are using workstations. That's a lot more expensive
> >>>>> then a thin client setup.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Shane Spencer wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Damien, have you ever checked out Multi Terminal setups vs Remote
> >>>>>> Terminals? May help lower budget clients get 4 machines under the
> >>>>>> hood of one well equipped PC.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I set this up at home using a highly custom method, its not in
> >>>>>> operation at the moment, however it works quite well.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2/14/07, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> How stable is stable? I need audio in LTSP and the one that should "just
> >>>>>>> work" is Feisty.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> adam bultman wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I just upgraded my "outside" pc to fawn the other day. The PC doesn't
> >>>>>>>> reboot properly (like the computers of old, it isn't smart enough to
> >>>>>>>> reboot itself) and fawn seems rather nice, so far. Fairly stable,
> >>>>>>>> from a command-line point of view. Fawn also has proper drivers for
> >>>>>>>> the MEGARAID RAID card it has in it.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Adam
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Damien Hull wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Check out the testing version of Ubuntu.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-December/000225.html
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