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Re: [PLUG] Meeting Topic Request
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Hi
There are VNC viewers running on 6W fanless boxes, wyses, linutop,
etc the list goes one. LTSP needs capable workstation to run X-server.
VNC doe not need that. That is the difference.
With regards
Antony
Brent Saner wrote:
> here's a neat idea, kind of a compromise between individual systems
> and a single shared system...
>
> set up a full cluster, and then turn THAT into a multi-user system.
>
> "why would i do that instead of just having the individual
> workstations?" you might say.
> well, the advantage of this is load-balancing- it'd pool all the
> resources of x amount of boxes together. so if you have, say, five
> boxes and only one user on (because, say, it's 3am or something) then
> the resources of all five boxes are available to the user independent
> of where he signs in. if you have three users on at one time and five
> boxes clustered, you still have an advantage because each user
> (assuming they're all doing the same amount of processor expense) get
> an extra 33.33% of a box extra.
> (granted, all of this is not completely accurate and not exact, but
> it's a simple example of the power of load-balancing clusters and the
> possible implementation in a multi-user system)
>
> On 10/21/07, *Antony P Joseph* <antony@panathara.org
> <mailto:antony@panathara.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am not sure whether LTSP do the sound redirection either
> because
> the program is running in the server accessing servers sound card.
> X-protocol does not support "sound" redirection. If the LTSP supports
> sound redirection, it must be outside of X-protocol. I do not find any
> problem in extending that outside protocol to VNC.
>
> If you are not able to find any software for redirection, Bluetooth
> speakers or earphones connecting to the server will solve the problem
> provided you are with in the Bluetooth distance range.
>
> With regards
> Antony
> Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 October 2007, Antony P Joseph wrote:
> >
> >> There is a fouth option
> >> VNC (a variation of thin computing, easy to configure
> compared
> >> to LTSP)
> >>
> >
> > VNC is easier, but doesn't do sound. Otherwise, it's
> requirements & pros/cons
> > are similar to LTSP.
> >
> >
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