[K12OSN] LTSP and virtualization

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:58 -0500, David H. Barr wrote:

> This is probably not a cost-effective solution for you, because these
> virtualization / emulation solutions pretend to be an ENTIRE PC, right
> down to the hardware level.
[...]
> I have no experience with the Windows Terminal Server end, but I
> understand it's pretty easy to accomplish; since an LTSP server to
> support only 10 users is fairly cheap to build, this may actually be
> the most cost-effective option.

You can use both approaches if you want.  That is, install Window2003
server under vmware (on your k12ltsp server or elsewhere), run one
instance of it and connect to it from ltsp-booted thin clients
running rdesktop.

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  Les Mikesell
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