X windows and rdp

[mirojr]

Hiya

 

I have almost given up with thinstation due to the session error, and am now trying to build a debian distro with an rdp client to use as a thinclient

 

What do other people use as their thinclients

 

Thanks

[glennda]

Have you looked at Windows Thin PC? Free under Software Assurance

 

When I played I had it boot with no Explorer session which launched RDP rather then Explorer. I had a script run every min to see if rdp was running if not then start it.

 

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[mirojr]

Hiya,

 

Thanks fo this.

 

Not sure how to download this Windows Thin PC.

 

I have signed in to volume licensing centre and i am looking for a freebie

 

:-)

[mirojr]

I installed the Windows thin PC.

 

Err not right sure how to get usage ouf of this.

 

Seems there is no RDP or anything to use for a remote session.

 

This thinclient sees to be thin on instructions also.

 

Google's not much help

[glennda]

Windows Thin PC is a cut down version of Windows 7. So it will behave in most ways exactly the same as Win 7 just with a smaller footprint.

 

RDP should be installed (if not you can download i think) type MSTSC from the command line and it should lauch RDP

[dhicks]

What do other people use as their thinclients

 

Debian here, too - a basic text-only install and then the lightweight XFCE window manager on top of that. I have also used Slax and SystemRescueCD as PXE-bootable systems.

[mirojr]

Cheers

 

Am trying to get systemrescuecd to boot from pxe, I managed with gparted which needed a filesystem to reside on a webserver.

 

I have not yet managed with systemrescuecd but am looking into this.

 

And slax i will try too.

 

Any pointers on systemrescuecd setup for pxe?

 

Thanks

[mirojr]

Its ok managed with the systemrescuecd