ncomputing and Ubuntu 9.10

[Robert]

I would not agree with you on the usage of Ncomputing updates on  
Windows Network.

We have clients running Ncomputing stations from time to time and are  
notcomplaining when it comes to updates. True every network  
installtion is different.

Robert

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On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:20 AM, Dedhi Sujatmiko  
<sujatmiko.dedhi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrew Kane wrote:
>> I'm unclear as to why this is necessary or desirable. Ubuntu is
>> already a multi-user system out of the box. The X Window system was
>> designed from the ground up to work over a network. Surely this has
>> been done before in a way that doesn't require a proprietary black
>> box?
>
> Yes, but that proprietary black box gives the connectivity and provide
> Keyboard-Video-Mouse with PXE boot.
> We can also create custom thin client with PXE boot and using the  
> LTSP,
> however the thin client price is still more expensive than the  
> Ncomputing.
>
> Ncomputing is actually nice. The Chinese company made that in bulk  
> thus
> so cheap. Sometimes I can get the old version in the Hongkong's
> www.dealextreme.com dirt cheap.
> The problem is that NComputing use proprietary technology and very  
> slow
> in catching up with the real world. Also, it does not have cooperation
> with Microsoft, thus many time, a simple Windows update will break  
> that.
>
>
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