Re: [edubuntu] lients légers à $100

[Michel Pelegrin <michel.pelegrin AT ac-poitiers.fr>]

Une autre ici, Compaq Evo T30 :
http://www.procomparts.de/workstations/compaq-thin-client-evo-t30- 
server-terminal.html

MP
Le 13 juin 07 à 19:51, François BARILLON a écrit :

> Bonsoir,
>
> J'ai vu passer sur la liste internationale un lien vers des clients
> légers à bas prix : autour de $100, soit 1/3 du prix moyen d'un client
> léger neuf.
> http://www.ewayco.com/51-embedded-systems-100-PC-mini-ITX-low-cost/ 
> 100-tu-low-cost-pc-thin-client-embedded-system.html
>
> Selon Oliver Grawert, le responsable du projet Edubuntu, ces clients
> légers fonctionnent mais posent des problèmes de temps de démarrage  
> (en
> cours de résolution pour Gusty).
>
> Quelqu'un a-t-il testé ce genre de machine?
>
> Voyez-vous un moyen de financer quelques exemplaires à fins de tests?
>
> François
>
> PS : Je me permets de joindre le message d'Oliver Grawert :
> -----
> It comes with a 200 MHz CPU and 128 MB RAM.  The shared video memory
> > > can be set to a number of settings.  8 or 16 MB works fine.  I have
> > > tested the sound, so I can't say whether it works or not with
> K12LTSP.
> > Has anyone tested it with edubuntu ? will the 200mhz be enough for  
> > all
> > the encrypting/decrypting of traffic ?
> > Also how does pulseaudio work with them ?
> we are using these little thingies in the ltsp developer crowd a  
> bit atm
> to get ltsp running properly on them. the encryption is only a problem
> if you start playing video or so, pulseaudio wouldnt be a problem  
> if the
> soundcard would have a supported alsa driver which is apparently in  
> the
> works upstream, so we should see it for gutsy.
>
> the biggest problem with this device and ltsp 5 is currently the
> boottime hich is with feisty's ltsp hilariously long. the device has
> also a specialized framebuffer device so the bootsplash doent work  
> with
> the default kernel.
>
> we (at ltsp.org) are working on getting ltsp for that the device to a
> reasonable state for gutsy (new ldm with an unencrypted mode for X but
> still encrypted passwords, fast X detection, new squashfs/unionfs
> architecture and indeed the matching alsa drivers), but for feisty you
> are best off with using a static xorg,conf via an lts.conf option, to
> switch off the splash in your PXE config and not use ldm (not  
> because of
> the CPU not handling the encryption but it starts up very slow on that
> machine) by defining SCREEN_07=startx, that should get you a bearable
> bootspeed.
>
> ciao
>         oli
>
>
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