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The Thin-Client Challenge?

Posted by Cliff on from the might-be-something-worthwhile-here dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "A friend of mine showed me this webpage which basically asks this question and offers a challenge to create a UNIX-ish Thin Client that can connect to a Windows terminal server. He really is serious, and has attempted this on his own before. Any hope out there in the Linux world for a small, easy to deploy thin-client only distro?" This is not the first time this question has come thru the pipe before, however I figure if someone can answer this challenge, all will benefit. Does anyone think this can be done? If so, speak up, if not, please give reasons as to why.

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  1. Too late by rw2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to answer his question, but burned through $150 of billing time reading his page and typing this reply. :-(

  2. Re:wow...$150 by kneecap · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does a w2k terminal server do?

    what else, crash and/or get hacked.