Thin client requirements

[Clint Tinsley]

> I recently obtained two thin clients:  Sun Ray 1 and Neoware Capio One
> 620.  I am trying to figure a way to build a cheap lab for our school
> running on a linux server.  How can I get either of these to work on
> linux, or ubuntu to be specific?  Sun Ray 1 seems to require Solaris
> and the Neoware takes ICA or Microsoft RDP.  I am new to all this and
> cannot find any help on the web about this.  If I can get one of these
> to work, I can get more of them.

I would say the first thing you need to do is setup a Linux terminal server such as Edubuntu that uses the LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) implementation.   You would probably want to change the wallpaper in a corporate environment.  The Edubuntu server as implement provides a full Linux Terminal Server including DHCP and PXE boot such that any etherboot type client can boot from the Edubuntu server.  Edubuntu doesn't need the Citrix ICA client or Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol or licensing to use and authentication is via SSH so it is very secure.

The K12LTSP.org project also offers a full LTSP server running currently on Fedora Core 4 which might be more appropriate to an SMB implementation.

Or you can just go to LTSP.Org and roll your own terminal server...

Clint