ncomputing and Ubuntu 9.10

[Christopher Chan]

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.