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Dunno about this cloud stuff....<br><br>See here:<br><br>http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2948<br><br>and listen/watch Eben Moglen's views;<br><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S8AcA<br><br>I favour the personal server/mesh computing approach, FWIW<br><br>Also someone was asking about a mediaserver....try mediatomb<br><br>http://mediatomb.cc/<br><br>or puppy+MPD<br><br>http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=38995<br><br><br>Aitch<br>======================================================<br><br>> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:34:03 +0100<br>> From: george.prowse@gmail.com<br>> To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] cloud clients<br>> <br>> On 01/06/2010 16:21, Dan Attwood wrote:<br>> > Does anyone here have any gems of wisdom to share about cloud clients?<br>> > By which I mean thin clients with a basic OS for access cloud based<br>> > services such as Google apps but with the option to boot into a full<br>> > virtual desktop.<br>> ><br>> > It seems that many of the big boys such as Dell are pushing zero<br>> > clients, ie thin clients with no OS at all that hook directly into<br>> > virtual desktops. This seems like overkill when combined with cloud<br>> > services.<br>> ><br>> Dropbox or Ubuntu One?<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Kent mailing list<br>> Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent<br> <br /><hr />Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now.</a></body>
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