[wplug] looking for old computers

Nick Iglehart ncoastpub at mousepadmag.com
Thu Dec 5 17:20:42 EST 2002


 
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I stand corrected.  I must be thinking of some other technology.  Or
more likely confusing two technologies.  Disregard previous
statements. :)


- -----Original Message-----
From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf
Of Eric C. Cooper
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:23 AM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: Re: [wplug] looking for old computers


On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:49:53AM -0500, Nick Iglehart wrote:
> If you use anything slower than a 233 or so I would recommend 
> installing blackbox or some other lightweight window manager. 
> Gnome  and KDE just don't have much oomph on a 486.

The LTSP approach that the OP plans on deploying uses the older
machines as pure X Terminals.  The window managers, desktop
environments, and applications all run on servers with more
horsepower.

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u
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