Edubuntu/ ltsp? [was Re: VMware ]

[Matthew Flaschen]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:13:02 -0600
> "Dave Grundgeiger" <dave.grundgeiger at codenouveau.com> wrote:
> 
>> There are two things that I would be concerned about. The first is 
>> performance--you do pay a price for the virtualization layer, and you say 
>> these are old boxes. Second is licensing--you'll still need a Windows 
>> license for each virtual machine.
> 
> just an idea - what if the lab was set up with Edubuntu/ ltsp using all the
> boxes as thin clients, and running vmware only on the application server,
> which would be obviously a much more powerful machine ?
> 
> In this case you are only running windows in *one* virtual machine,
> ( one license?)

I don't think so.  Most of the Windows EULA's limit the number of
clients that can connect to 5-10.

Matthew Flaschen

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