fat client

[David Van Assche]

right... just run the command: ltsp-build-client --chroot fati386
--fatclient Ubuntu --highfat

Let me know if there are issues, as I have not tested the hardy version yet...

kind regards,
David Van Assche
www.nubae.com

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:51 PM, uwe <uwe.geercken at datamelt.com> wrote:
> hi david,
>
> I will give it a try. I understand that I do not need to make any
> modifications to the clients, right?
>
> rgds,
>
> uwe
>
>
>  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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