From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh6e0-0007tH-HU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:06:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4142E21C251 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:06:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D142521C224 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:51:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyf40 with SMTP id 40so7606641iyf.40 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:51:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=CTLuo2kZAGn4PLbT1MH4VEbP9KC9Tqz0nPQodSwWIgU=; b=X5l5jOORDX8JrK2JxPeh244kq+y5kvuI2awYFcaIdfFdW8wg+Rv9FOb0atp0fgiLXF EySBYOOgxpmvmNynEClXYLIkJin/ShBy0Qat7N56+dSrRa+nn/hbVB65jc9orywT+ne8 gbxqN05CD9y5LKR8CiVguSq6QF1Gnb/vkxn6g= Received: by 10.231.113.141 with SMTP id a13mr1350771ibq.71.1310590315283; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:51:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.25.20] (173-8-195-225-Oregon.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.195.225]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s2sm9097286ibe.18.2011.07.13.13.51.53 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E1E0568.3080404@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:51:52 -0700 From: Bill Longman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110705 Lightning/1.0b3pre Lanikai/3.1.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple Gentoo systems References: <20110704203953.GB14654@vidovic> <20110707093134.GB2441@nicolas-desktop> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: eb46480cae979be248af02d3b9400b5e On 07/13/2011 12:38 PM, Grant wrote: > I suppose I could also do without the PXE layer and all of its > requirements if I install some sort of minimal storage device (flash > drive, SD card, USB key, etc.) into each workstation for the boot > image. I could still push updates to the boot image over the network > almost as easily as updating the single boot image on the server. > It sounds like I should stick with ethernet for simplicity's sake. Yeah, PXE on the wire is the place to start if you want to boot across the network. Start simple. Just get a handful of similar NICs and you should be set. >> There's also the option of pre-made hardware thin clients that >> typically boot from internal flash and simply provide a remote >> interface to a central server (though most are geared towards RDP or >> Citrix), and some are even WiFi capable. > > A pre-made thin client could be the way to go. Do you know of any > that are geared toward open protocols? Quick query of "the oracle" yields: http://www.thinlabs.com/products/thin-clients/aden I have used AXEL thin client terminals and those require a VNC server instance on your server per thin client, for the scenario that it sounds like you're envisioning. It does RDP/VNC but you can get it to do ssh/telnet on a green screen, with several sessions per seat.