From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQMwS-0005KD-5D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:51:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F1DA0E020B; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kahuna-two.tomatopi.com (unknown [64.26.169.139]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD18E020B for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.100.0.21] ([10.100.0.21]) by kahuna-two.tomatopi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:51:09 -0400 Subject: [gentoo-embedded] Embedded Thin Client From: Peter Rofner To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:51:07 -0400 Message-Id: <1217944267.15496.54.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Aug 2008 13:51:09.0334 (UTC) FILETIME=[508AFB60:01C8F702] X-Archives-Salt: 569347da-11a2-42c3-b015-18ae8f5f0134 X-Archives-Hash: e6d1ae70c0a569e9d04fe6185d245264 Greetings, I'm new to Gentoo Embedded, but have been using Gentoo on all my Linux systems for years now. I picked up a Boundary Devices ( http://www.boundarydevices.com ) PoE touch screen computer to experiment with. My plan is to build a simple little thin client to interface with back-end hardware and then embed the PoE touchscreens into walls, etc. with only a single-cable connection to each terminal. Out of the box, they have Linux booting with a few multi-media demos based on PTXdist where it plays flash, mp3's, MPEG's, and jpeg slideshows which works pretty slick. Being new to embedded platforms, are there any suggestions on the most practical setup to use? What thin-client software to pursue, etc? Ideally I want a good solid thin-client that can deal with a little video and audio and then I can manage all the applications from the server. Thanks -- Peter Rofner Richmond Nursery Inc. http://www.richmondnursery.com