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rsh and sound problems.
by Jerome Loisel on Tuesday 24/Jul/2001, @14:12

We run a similar (but much smaller) shop here: dumb X terminals running off a main application server with a KDE 2.X interface. It is working very well, but we use a different approach.

We use Jacques Gelinas' (of Linuxconf fame) diskless XTerminal kit. The kit does not use a "boot up a terminal and run applications in a server" approach. It uses a "boot up a terminal and transparently log in to the server" approach.

So starting konqueror from the command line works as expected. The only small hitch is that we have to use a VFS to give applications access to the terminal's disk drive. And some applications have a problem with that.

But overall, it is a very well-designed, simple solution. I recommend it to everyone who has the same needs.

http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/xterminals/

jerome at levinux dot org

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Re: rsh and sound problems.
by Ups on Tuesday 24/Jul/2001, @18:30

Yes, using 'rsh' is somehow strange. I suspect that they want to run some applications ( 'Kicker' and windowmanager ) locally, but some apps ( office ) remotely.

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