Re: [LUG] practical use of VNC, teleporting etc

[Mark McRitchie <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Rick Timmis wrote:
> The great advantage of VNC is you can deploy 1 Server and connect
> everyone else in via an inexpensive dumb terminal. We use Axel Terminals
> at around £200 each, this means we can by the Terminal and a really nice
> Flat screen TFT for less than the price of an office PC. No moving parts
> in a Terminal so less problems.

Surely thats only if you want persistent sessions. Otherwise why not use
remote X Terminals a la the Linux Terminal Server project (www.ltsp.org)


Regards,
Mark.


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