ncomputing and Ubuntu 9.10
Christopher Chan
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Tue Dec 15 08:59:00 UTC 2009
Arun Shrimali wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I found that n-computing is a leading provider of Virtual PC
> solutions. They claim to have 5% of all student seat computing in US,
> K-12 public school.
Leading provider? Well, I suppose. I have a whole lot of them ready to
be thrown away because 1) they have ZERO Linux support (their Linux
supported claims is pretty much false) and 2) their software for
managing the terminals on Windows is absolutely unstable and regularly
gets broken by Microsoft updates.
>
> Can anybody help me out "how to" setup ncomputing (I have L230 and
> L130 models) with Ubuntu 9.10
Good luck. You cannot even get them to work with Hardy let alone Karmic.
If you are lucky, you might be able to get your hands on their stuff
that works with Feisty but I have not been able find that stuff.
> I also like users to share their experience about it.
These devices would actually be very neat IF their software was stable.
BTW, forget about anything flash based. At most, one top of the line PC
might be able to handle 4 terminals. Anything less, and two terminals
running some web-based flash edugame will be enough to peg the box.
Don't bother, Ncomputing's software for Windows is not good enough and
they have nothing available for Linux.
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