Embeded Ubuntu?

[Brian Fahrlander]

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Scott Lockwood wrote:
> Anyone here get one of these new WYSE terminal's working with Linux? I'm
> talking about the WYSE winterm V50 and S50 models. We want to use them
> (or something like them) in place of our fleet of (approx. 400ish) Dell
> E310/3100 machines. We're wanting to run Linux, Xorg, and FireFox on
> them. We've tried Debian, Ubuntu, DSL, and Slackware without much luck.
> We'd like to not have to custom roll our own kernel, but I suspect it
> may well come to that. The problem so far seems to be that the SCSI
> module doesn't load in time for the flash to be mounted as root. I'm
> pretty sure that Red Hat had some sort of nifty embeded projects going,
> but I can't find what I need on their site. Puppy Linux has also been
> suggested. We're not tied to using these WYSE box's either, if you know
> if a GOOD little terminal that's like less than $350, let me know.

    What you're wanting it to be is an X-terminal; the LTSP is all about
this.  There, they take even old 486's, make them boot and start
relaying mouse clicks and displaying what it's told.  It's really hard
to claim obsolescence of PC hardware when using them as X-terminals-
moving a 486 to anything higher doesn't change the speed!  :)

    There are hardware issues, though...finding 486-era memory is
getting harder and harder.

    But for you, see Google for projects with your device name and "x
terminal" or "Linux" in them.  If someone's doing it (easily) it'll be
on the net someplace.

    Good luck with it; it should be a lot of fun!  (And the boss would
love you, not having to buy new PCs, too!)


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 Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
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