#thin-client

The WEB has taken over my computer

Remember those of you who are old enough, that once upon a time computers were not connected by default to the internet.  When things like token ring LAN and Novell Netware were tools that only companies could afford, and when emails didn’t exist and when you wanted to write somebody a memo, you fired up WordPerfect, write it up, print it out on your dot matrix printer, tear off the perforated…

Fixed: Best Small Linux Distribution for rDesktop #answer #programming #dev

Best Small Linux Distribution for rDesktop

What would be the best linux distribution to use just for the purpose of rDesktop?

We’re trying to decide if we should get rid of old computers or just use them as thin-clients to connect to virtual Windows 7 machines on our network.

I would like something with as little bloat as possible and can be run from a USB flash drive. I have tried SliTaz,…

Solution: Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)? #solution #it #answer

Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)?

Is there any solution out there to turn a Mac into a true multi-user thin client server?

I’d like to set up a few cheap PCs with access to a couple accounts using something like VNC, but it isn’t economical to buy a new server for each user or a new license for virtualized OS X Server for each user.

I’m fully aware that OS X Server lets…

Fixed: Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)? #dev #programming #computers

Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)?

Is there any solution out there to turn a Mac into a true multi-user thin client server?

I’d like to set up a few cheap PCs with access to a couple accounts using something like VNC, but it isn’t economical to buy a new server for each user or a new license for virtualized OS X Server for each user.

I’m fully aware that OS X Server lets…

We used to call this “thin clients”; or just a terminal logged on to a server or mainframe. Jason Snell writes of something newish that Adobe and Google are doing with Chromebooks:

> This week I got a demo of Photoshop running inside Chrome, and while it was really interesting, some of my assumptions were faulty. It turns out that when Adobe says Photoshop is a “streaming app,” they mean it—it’s…