[Gllug] X terminal or diskless workstation - views?

[Tom Taylor]

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 16:24, John Winters wrote:
> Having got my little Mini-ITX box booting over the LAN I'm torn between
> two different ways of configuring it - X terminal (logging in to the
> server) or diskless workstation.  Anyone any views on pros and cons of
> the two approaches?
> 
> Can one have sound on an X terminal (driven by apps running on the X
> client machine)?
> 
> TIA,
> John

I would personally go with the diskless workstation approach.  It saves
you from X lag and makes use of your cpu(s) cuts down on b/width
consumption, and saves the need for a beefy server.

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Tom Taylor
Systems Administrator
Fotango Ltd.

ttaylor at fotango.com
http://www.fotango.com

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