Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the school where I am teaching, we have received some "new"
> machines (Pentium II and III with 128 MB Ram) that I would like to use
> in our Edubuntu network that consists on a brand new server with 1 GB
> Ram and powerful CPU of last June.
>
> With these computers, my idea is to have the the base system will be
> on the local hard drive and the light application will run locally,
> but the heavy ones to run on the server.
>
I don't think this can be done (?)
> How should I configrure that and where can I get more information ?
>
When i was using a setup similar to yours, i simply had an ubuntu/debian
base install connecting to the 'powerful server' which was accepting
X11+GDM connections. Not what you want, just fyi.
> What is your idea about such a configuration ?
>
> About the "classical" thick terminal, I know they are the converse:
> "powerwul" (how powerful ?), diskless terminals, with applications
> running locally on the clients. How can I configure such terminals on
> the system ?
>
I dont know about this.
kk
> Thanks,
>
> Nicolas
>
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