Re: [seul-edu] thin clients using Linux in the classroom?

[Harry McGregor <micros@azstarnet.com>]

Linux terminal services have several options, LTSP, K12LTSP, or Knoppix
CD based term services.

The CD I just put up today (modded KNOPPIX),
http://harry.osef.org/~micros

has built in term services right off the CDrom.

			Harry

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Dennis Daniels wrote:

> Hello
> I've been visting campuses around San Diego lately and found that at
> some sites they are using thin clients in the classroom and in the
> libraries. They are using a product called citrix
> http://www.citrix.com/. What's interesting is that the schools are
> buying the services from other schools, in the case of at least one
> school in San Diego, Helixcharter.net, they are buying the services from
> Lemon Grove, which is a fairly small school district. The clients have
> MS products running on them. But the Citrix site says it'll run on Unix
> as well.
>
> To outfit a room with 30 thin client stations cost about 12K$. That's
> not including the service fees for maintaining the server and access to
> the databases. Ostensibly, the costs would be much lower if the package
> did not include proprietary licensed apps.
>
> I point this out because, first I'm not aware of an Open Source, thin
> client server product. And secondly, if there is one, does anyone know
> if it's being used in a public school environment?
>
> Anyone heard of a linux server for thin clients in the Open Source world?
> thanks
> Dennis
>

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