fat client

[David Van Assche]

Hi Uwe,
   The idea of building this plugin was to make it as simple as typing
one command and have it do all the necessary work for you... when I
say build, I mean use the ltsp-build-client command that u normally
use for a normal client. I should add, that the script has been
created and tested on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. That said, in order to run
it on hardy is simply a matter of finding the mentioned medibuntu
repository in the script and change intrepid to hardy. I suppose I can
put up a Hardy version on my website.

   Fat client is indeed meant for what you mention. The minimum
requirements as I see them are a 600 mhz P2 with 256MB Ram. It will
run on systems with less, but it will be slower, anything below this
is really better geared towards use as a thin client. I've tested the
low fat client on a 500mhz geode with 128mb ram, and even that
works... but it requires some more testing to see what it will and
will not run on. Obviously choosing high fat or low fat will make a
difference...

Kind Regards,
David Van Assche
www.nubae.com

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Uwe Geercken <uwe.geercken at datamelt.com> wrote:
> david,
>
> when you say "build-the-low-fat client" are there any modifications, I
> need to do on the client side?
>
> I am asking because I can not touch the existing hardware, yet I have
> quite good clients and some things are slow using ltsp. having a low
> or high fat client would enable me to maybe run some games with the
> kids or multimedia.
>
> rgds,
>
> uwe
>
>
>
> Quoting David Van Assche <dvanassche at gmail.com>:
>
>> So, I finished my fat client script which currently builds a
>> multimedia system with support for network printing, usb sticks,
>> sounds, flash, video streaming, etc. You can download it here and find
>> instructions there too:
>>
>> http://nubae.com/creating-a-low-fat-client-environment-for-ltsp
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> David Van Assche
>> www.nubae.com
>>
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