Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:58:21 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com>, 'Robert Davison' <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk>, <Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Thin Terminals Message-ID: <C13B6C8D.16A7D%ceri@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <000001c6df43$3445cb70$0405a8c0@northamerica.corp.microsoft.com>
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On 23/9/06 20:05, "Ansar Mohammed" <ansarm@gmail.com> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ceri Davies >> Sent: September 23, 2006 5:53 AM >> To: Robert Davison; Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Thin Terminals >> >> On 20/9/06 13:37, "Robert Davison" <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> I've been looking at the Sun Ray terminals and like the idea of using >> thin >>> clients to connect to the main server to run apps. Are they any >> programms in >>> thr ports which allow a similar set-up using FreeBSD. I know you can do >> this >>> with X but would need a tutorial to help me through it. >>> >>> Anyone had a go at connecting a sun ray to FreeBSD or are the protocols >>> totally different. >> >> The Sun Ray Server software runs on Linux as well as Solaris, so I'd say >> that there's an outside chance that it might work. One day I'll get round >> to buying a Sun Ray client and try it out. > The Netier xl2000 is a much better platform. It's an amd k6 and upgradable > to 128Mb RAM. You can get them on ebay for about 10$ Does it dance the Sun Ray dance, or are we back to rolling our own? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere
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