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B u i l d i n g c o s t - e c i e n t t h i n - c l i e n t s o l u t i o n s w i t h

L i n u x

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G N O M E . A s i a S u m m i t , 2 0 0 9

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O u t l i n e

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M o t i v a t i o n

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U s e c a s e s

2

C o n c e p t s

B a s i c O v e r v i e w

3

L T S P

I n t r o d u c t i o n

C o m p o n e n t s

T o b i a s G r u e t z m a c h e r

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O u t l i n e

1

M o t i v a t i o n

W h a t a r e t h i n - c l i e n t s ?

U s e c a s e s

2

C o n c e p t s

B a s i c O v e r v i e w

3

L T S P

I n t r o d u c t i o n

C o m p o n e n t s

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W h a t a r e t h i n - c l i e n t s ?

W h a t a r e w e t a l k i n g a b o u t ?

S p e c i a l - p u r p o s e P C s :

s m a l l f o r m f a c t o r

l o w p o w e r c o n s u m p t i o n ( a b o u t 6 W )

s l o w ( e r ) p r o c e s s o r

n o l o c a l s t o r a g e ( b o o t s v i a n e t w o r k )

u s e r r u n s a p p l i c a t i o n s o n a p o w e r f u l s e r v e r

T o b i a s G r u e t z m a c h e r

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U s e c a s e s

W h e r e t o u s e t h i n c l i e n t s ?

S c h o o l c l a s s r o o m s

I n t e r n e t c a f

S e c o n d w o r k s t a t i o n a t h o m e

T o b i a s G r u e t z m a c h e r

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O u t l i n e

1

M o t i v a t i o n

W h a t a r e t h i n - c l i e n t s ?

U s e c a s e s

2

C o n c e p t s

B a s i c O v e r v i e w

3

L T S P

I n t r o d u c t i o n

C o m p o n e n t s

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B a s i c O v e r v i e w

B o o t P r o c e s s

1

T h i n c l i e n t i s s w i t c h e d o n

2

A s k s n e t w o r k f o r i t s I P a d d r e s s

3

S e r v e r t e l l s t h e t h i n c l i e n t i t s a d d r e s s a n d w h e r e i n t h e n e t w o r k

t o n d L i n u x

4

T h i n c l i e n t s l o a d s L i n u x f r o m n e t w o r k

5

T h i n c l i e n t s r u n s L i n u x

6

L i n u x c o n g u r e s t h e t h i n c l i e n t a n d s t a r t s t h e g r a p h i c a l l o g i n

T o b i a s G r u e t z m a c h e r

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B a s i c O v e r v i e w

O p e r a t i o n

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O u t l i n e

1

M o t i v a t i o n

W h a t a r e t h i n - c l i e n t s ?

U s e c a s e s

2

C o n c e p t s

B a s i c O v e r v i e w

3

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I n t r o d u c t i o n

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I n t r o d u c t i o n

W h a t i s i t ?

L T S P ( L i n u x T e r m i n a l S e r v e r P r o j e c t ) i s a m a t u r e f u l l - s t a c k

t h i n - c l i e n t s e r v e r s o l u t i o n .

P a c k a g e s i n m o s t m a j o r d i s t r i b u t i o n s

S i m p l e c l i e n t c r e a t i o n & m a i n t e n a n c e

S i m p l e c o n g u r a t i o n f o r i n d i v i d u a l c l i e n t s

S u p p o r t f o r m u l t i p l e c l i e n t a r c h i t e c t u r e ( x 8 6 , A M D 6 4 , A R M ,

e t c . )

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C o m p o n e n t s

C o m p o n e n t s

L T S P i n c l u d e s :

A s e r v e r t o t e l l t h i n c l i e n t s t h e i r I P a d d r e s s e s

A s e r v e r t o t r a n s f e r t h e L i n u x k e r n e l t o t h e c l i e n t

T o o l s t o s e t u p a n d m a i n t a i n t h e s y s t e m t h a t i s s e n t t o t h e

c l i e n t s

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S u m m a r y

T h i n - c l i e n t s c a n h e l p k e e p c o s t d o w n .

M a i n t a i n i n g a s e r v e r i s n o t h a r d .

W o r k s h o p

T h e r e w i l l b e a w o r k s h o p t h i s a f t e r n o o n a t 1 5 : 3 0 ( a f t e r t h e t e a

b r e a k ) i n r o o m 1 0 8 .

T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r a t t e n t i o n .

Q u e s t i o n s ?

T o b i a s G r u e t z m a c h e r

C o s t - e c i e n t t h i n - c l i e n t s o l u t i o n s

A p p e n d i x

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h t t p : / / w w w . l t s p . o r g /

h t t p : / / w w w . k 1 2 l t s p . o r g / c o n t e n t s . h t m l

T o b i a s G r u e t z m a c h e r

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