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

[Rick Timmis <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No we run our VNC sessions through XDM, so uses get a login prompt. When 
they logout the session is reset back to XDM login

Works well. I did look at LTSP but never managed to complete the 
evaluation of it and have not looked into it any further although i 
suppose I should.

Rick

Mark McRitchie wrote:

> 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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