Hi Mark, on Tuesday, 2005-12-20 at 07:40:42, you wrote: > > [thin client] > I'm sure that's possible. I could even use her current Win ME box in > some sort of dual boot config I suppose. However the reason I didn't > start with that idea is that I am not there to hand hold her. If she's > running Gnome how do I ensure that everything is saved on the main > machine and not the thin client. I fear that this whole path, while > certainly possible, might cause me too much work. Please remember this > is a 75 year old lady who has never used Linux. ;-)
I got a Linux box for my mum as well after her Mac died, so I know it's
near impossible to teach some people about folder structures :)
Hoewever, on a thin client that wouldn't be a problem as the only thing
the client does is to provide a "view" to the host. All application
would be running on your machine so they wouldn't even know their
display is being routed to somewhere else where another file system may
be present.
I haven't done it except with a dedicated X-Terminal but it should be
the same procedure for Gentoo as for any other Linux.
regards
Matthias
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