Linux on HP Thin Clients.

Vidar writes "HP has a line of thin clients, however, only one of these run Linux. But, being generic x86 hardware, you can install Linux on them. And it has been done, running Damn Small Linux from the flash of those devices. The article has a complete walkthrough for the procedure, as well as some toughts on the topic. It can be added that the rdesktop client is quicker than Microsoft's own RDP client. Also, with Linux it is easy to upgrade remotely, or even change to an entirely new protocol. Once one terminal is upgraded, the rest is done with dd and a USB stick!"

Comments

Playing catch up to Sun?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does Sun offer the only true modern stateless thin-client that has no OS, uses encrypted protocols, and is suitable even for DoD installations?

Re: Chubby client...

[Master Bait]

We gained a TON of useable bandwidth by putting Firefox, Flash plugin, and the RealOne player on our terminal's USB flash sticks. Real and Flash never supported network sound anyway, so now remote users can waste internet time with sound-enabled Flash cartoons too. The downside is having to use nfs for the R/W home directory. The terminals still boot off the server.