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 1KQcZq-0001Fu-US for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:32:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34F11E0670; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 06:32:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E526BE0670 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 06:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z27so218570ugc.49 for ; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:32:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to :references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=Zz7kCzRRmt1ytUETP/adLQUMnDvcc9xNOEk7TswRWaU=; b=eSLdugBD3DER+mp2cSVnig5y268xJvQxqYqwX3++HrcOzQz5rnn8vhSMFnaHaYkTcX Doeo1/LdC4VRBGJ659Lio8J98y34oVnVKPoOJhXLbpTt8n1P6ZFNvkzBkqoHrSGL0EwA xO2T4dIJp6QuzGn/qMYpD3qeLcJlJoXIGapeg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding:sender; b=n4/7z4c5LlWsWE6HAtnKQj6dx4hVP+uggertPqg/OQe6vKYSmQo9YWkePpMyyf/wy2 pFMQZRurZVoALmlYhTxrXYajQgByw9gSrxPg/2us6Hqr/JZHEmfA2hfWypzcwJqCUm0Z vUtHKefh3CmuqwZGEBMFgY95ho/tfwmq92U+c= Received: by 10.67.119.8 with SMTP id w8mr236885ugm.20.1218004373329; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:32:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.6? ( [196.205.217.178]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e23sm3876976ugd.47.2008.08.05.23.32.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:32:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Embedded Thin Client From: Ahmed Ammar To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1217944267.15496.54.camel@localhost> References: <1217944267.15496.54.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:32:45 +0300 Message-Id: <1218004365.29982.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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 2.22.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Ahmed Ammar X-Archives-Salt: c8b0f766-c4bf-41ad-bb31-753156731410 X-Archives-Hash: c0ebfa8904200d09dc8c6a5e030a36b8 On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 09:51 -0400, Peter Rofner wrote: > 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. Hello, You could simply use an nfs root; there are many guides to accomplish what you want from gentoo.org (and unofficially from gentoo-wiki.com). Check out: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ltsp.xml http://gentoo-wiki.com/TinyGentoo Regards, -- Ahmed Ammar (b33fc0d3 [at] gentoo.org)