We use LTSP with its built-in RDP functionality. Our thin clients are in-house built using an Intel D525MW board, PicoPSU and 2G of RAM in a mini-box.com m350 case. The whole thing mounts with a bracket to the back of a VESA-compliant monitor. Next year we will be testing new boards, including the latest AMD low-power alternatives, ie, Brazos.
A dual-core Atom is actually pretty beefy for a thin client, and we pay for it in that our hardware is a little bigger and uses a little more power than your typical Wyse, but this is by design, as ours are used for a variety of more demanding applications, including flash video and other animations. The thin client hardware costs us less than CAD300 per unit including mounting hardware, kb and mouse, and the excellent LTSP software is free.
Just because Dell sucks and Wyse sucks doesn't necessarily mean that virtual desktops have to suck. Our government funded institution has Dell hardware and Wyse hardware and the sooner it all disappears the happier I'll be. Meanwhile, we recently deployed around 80 thin clients and the experience for both IT and the client has been unilaterally positive (obviously we didn't use Dell or Wyse in this venture).
If your'e a government office then you must have an RFP process in place. Use it to define a properly-spec'ed solution and enjoy the benefits.
Then there's the option of new hardware that is priced like 10-year-old hardware. Dual-core Atom or Brazos on SSD provides a great experience for the vast majority of office users at a fraction of the price of "modern" hardware.
And therefore it shouldn't be mentioned on a test? Maybe we should take its mention out of the bible too? Hey, I don't drink coffee, but you won't hear me crying that the name of "coffee break" should be changed to something else more sensitive.
I prefer Ubuntu, but cut my teeth on Debian. You can't beat Debian's package manager, which continues to be used by Ubuntu and other distros in some form or another.
Considering that a fair number of MS coders are apparently not experts, I always assumed the ambiguity was intentional, or at least the best they could muster.
I get better battery life if I leave wifi on. It uses less power than 3G. The exception would be if I know I'm going to be away from wifi for a while, like on the highway, but as long as your phone is passing data (when isn't it?), it's better on the battery and on the pocket book to pass it over wifi.
Here in Canada we are free to donate to any charity of our choosing, and that money is tax deductible. I don't know how it is in the States, but I thought the rules were similar. Funnel your extra cash into the church of the flying spaghetti monster if you like. As long as it's a registered charity then you too can enjoy this tax deduction, and all the ire that follows it when you decide to run for public office.
especially not with sony looking for any advantage it can get against MSFT. Can you imagine how quickly Sony would jump on that? 'You can't buy used or rent games for the 720 but you can the PS4. Come over to the PS4, its nicer here" and watch the 720 sales take a dump.
Would you say the same thing if MS started charging rent on a comparable service that Sony was offering for free (Live v. PSN)? Or something that Linux offered for free (RDS v. XDMCP)? I'm not saying they shouldn't charge more; this is capitalism, after all. But to say that any modern media company won't increase prices while decreasing value is a little naive, especially in this age.
leverage their existing update (SUS) and backup infrastructure
Yawn. I work in a mixed environment and I know exactly how precious (read: expensive and touchy) that SUS and backup infrastructure can be. You're right on one point, that's not something you want to have to duplicate unnecessarily.
Fortunately, Linux systems generally include excellent backup tools that need only a few minutes and frankly comparatively pocket change to acquire and configure. Once you grok these you will look back at the whole Windows backup circus with mixed horror and confusion.
You're right, and what a sad statement that is on the current state of affairs when a group of companies can treat their consumer base with something between indifference and contempt and yet continue to profit from them.
Are you using the version that comes with CM, or did you install it separately? I'm using CM 7.1 on an HTC Desire and I see no ads. I can't check for ROM updates (it prompts me to install the paid version), but I can download and install the latest ROM through the app regardless, so I'm not missing much.
I've also installed CM 7.1 on my wife's Samsung Galaxy S (i9000M) and the ROM Manager has a menu item to download radio firmwares, which is a nice touch (if a little useless on a Virgin/Bell Canada phone where most radios don't work anyway) that I wish I had on mine. I don't recall offhand if I saw ads on hers.
As for being closed source and phoning home, yeah, that's unfortunate. Lesser of two evils in my case, but still unfortunate if true (I've never looked into it so I wouldn't know).
The ROM Manager is a very handy tool for seeing what updates to CM or the modem firmware might be available, as well as alternative ROMs and add-ons, all complete with stats and review. It may not be to CM what apt is to Debian, but it's a bit of a stretch, I think, to call it bloatware.
Naturally. But not instantly, of course, or what then would agency have to do with anything? Just because your imagination doesn't stretch beyond the confines of mortality, don't assume that God's doesn't either.
The fact that there is no shortage of charlatans willing to try to make a buck or usurp power in some other form within a stone's throw of the temple is not an argument against the legitimacy of the temple itself.
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We use LTSP with its built-in RDP functionality. Our thin clients are in-house built using an Intel D525MW board, PicoPSU and 2G of RAM in a mini-box.com m350 case. The whole thing mounts with a bracket to the back of a VESA-compliant monitor. Next year we will be testing new boards, including the latest AMD low-power alternatives, ie, Brazos.
A dual-core Atom is actually pretty beefy for a thin client, and we pay for it in that our hardware is a little bigger and uses a little more power than your typical Wyse, but this is by design, as ours are used for a variety of more demanding applications, including flash video and other animations. The thin client hardware costs us less than CAD300 per unit including mounting hardware, kb and mouse, and the excellent LTSP software is free.
Just because Dell sucks and Wyse sucks doesn't necessarily mean that virtual desktops have to suck. Our government funded institution has Dell hardware and Wyse hardware and the sooner it all disappears the happier I'll be. Meanwhile, we recently deployed around 80 thin clients and the experience for both IT and the client has been unilaterally positive (obviously we didn't use Dell or Wyse in this venture).
If your'e a government office then you must have an RFP process in place. Use it to define a properly-spec'ed solution and enjoy the benefits.
Then there's the option of new hardware that is priced like 10-year-old hardware. Dual-core Atom or Brazos on SSD provides a great experience for the vast majority of office users at a fraction of the price of "modern" hardware.
And therefore it shouldn't be mentioned on a test? Maybe we should take its mention out of the bible too? Hey, I don't drink coffee, but you won't hear me crying that the name of "coffee break" should be changed to something else more sensitive.
Ksplice is just a commercial tool that makes use of kexec which has been in the kennel for years.
HOO LET THE KERNELS AOT! WHOOT! WHOOT, WHOOT, WHOOT!
If it's hosted in the US, then what would be a better tld? .com?
I prefer Ubuntu, but cut my teeth on Debian. You can't beat Debian's package manager, which continues to be used by Ubuntu and other distros in some form or another.
the open source developer hasn't squashed the full desktop onto a tiny screen
I think that's a given, considering Canonical hasn't squashed a full desktop onto a 30" screen in the past year or so.
Considering that a fair number of MS coders are apparently not experts, I always assumed the ambiguity was intentional, or at least the best they could muster.
I get better battery life if I leave wifi on. It uses less power than 3G. The exception would be if I know I'm going to be away from wifi for a while, like on the highway, but as long as your phone is passing data (when isn't it?), it's better on the battery and on the pocket book to pass it over wifi.
Does this mean VDPAU support? That's all I really care about in a GPU beyond basic display at normal resolutions.
http://i.imgur.com/M3G7f.png The math there is a little old, and SSD prices have come down some.
Here in Canada we are free to donate to any charity of our choosing, and that money is tax deductible. I don't know how it is in the States, but I thought the rules were similar. Funnel your extra cash into the church of the flying spaghetti monster if you like. As long as it's a registered charity then you too can enjoy this tax deduction, and all the ire that follows it when you decide to run for public office.
especially for organizations like libraries that need to follow the law
Nice dichotomy. I know that's my primary reason for not being a library--I don't want to have to follow the law.
especially not with sony looking for any advantage it can get against MSFT. Can you imagine how quickly Sony would jump on that? 'You can't buy used or rent games for the 720 but you can the PS4. Come over to the PS4, its nicer here" and watch the 720 sales take a dump.
Would you say the same thing if MS started charging rent on a comparable service that Sony was offering for free (Live v. PSN)? Or something that Linux offered for free (RDS v. XDMCP)? I'm not saying they shouldn't charge more; this is capitalism, after all. But to say that any modern media company won't increase prices while decreasing value is a little naive, especially in this age.
I'll give you one thing though, MS is retarded.
leverage their existing update (SUS) and backup infrastructure
Yawn. I work in a mixed environment and I know exactly how precious (read: expensive and touchy) that SUS and backup infrastructure can be. You're right on one point, that's not something you want to have to duplicate unnecessarily.
Fortunately, Linux systems generally include excellent backup tools that need only a few minutes and frankly comparatively pocket change to acquire and configure. Once you grok these you will look back at the whole Windows backup circus with mixed horror and confusion.
I trust we're not talking about the unlawful modification of a copyrighted work here.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/amd64/firefox/download
You're right, and what a sad statement that is on the current state of affairs when a group of companies can treat their consumer base with something between indifference and contempt and yet continue to profit from them.
Well i guess that settles the question of what a chatbot with ADHD might say after reading the entire history of /.
With a 120 Gbps internet link, the terms "inside" and "outside" kind of lose some of their significance.
Are you using the version that comes with CM, or did you install it separately? I'm using CM 7.1 on an HTC Desire and I see no ads. I can't check for ROM updates (it prompts me to install the paid version), but I can download and install the latest ROM through the app regardless, so I'm not missing much.
I've also installed CM 7.1 on my wife's Samsung Galaxy S (i9000M) and the ROM Manager has a menu item to download radio firmwares, which is a nice touch (if a little useless on a Virgin/Bell Canada phone where most radios don't work anyway) that I wish I had on mine. I don't recall offhand if I saw ads on hers.
As for being closed source and phoning home, yeah, that's unfortunate. Lesser of two evils in my case, but still unfortunate if true (I've never looked into it so I wouldn't know).
The ROM Manager is a very handy tool for seeing what updates to CM or the modem firmware might be available, as well as alternative ROMs and add-ons, all complete with stats and review. It may not be to CM what apt is to Debian, but it's a bit of a stretch, I think, to call it bloatware.
...I'd be struck down.
Naturally. But not instantly, of course, or what then would agency have to do with anything? Just because your imagination doesn't stretch beyond the confines of mortality, don't assume that God's doesn't either.
The fact that there is no shortage of charlatans willing to try to make a buck or usurp power in some other form within a stone's throw of the temple is not an argument against the legitimacy of the temple itself.