[Klug-general] Re: Karoshi

[Stuart Brand]

Hi Jo

The server becomes a linux application server and the clients boot via 
PXE, thus not needing local drives, the kernel is sent to the client 
via tftp, a nfs is mounted as root on the client and a small X windows 
system loads and requests a remote X session with the server, KDE and 
all following application run on the server but are displayed on the 
clients, this means you can have clients that are 486-66 but run 
applications like xeons.
As there is no need for a local drive this saves money on electricity 
and the initial cost the of clients(if new clients are needed, the idea 
is to use existing/redundant equipment).

Stuart