CuBox as thin/fat client

[asmo.koskinen at arkki.info]

> has anyone tested CuBox (www.solid-run.com) as Edubuntu thin/fat client?

I got CuBox, Raspberry Pi, too.

You can't use them or any ARM-based client as a thin client, because there
is no support for PXE. Similar as you can't use any WLAN-based client as a
thin client. You need PXE support to boot any device as a thin client.

LTSP is x86/PXE project, not for ARM for WLAN.

Without PXE you need some minimal OS to load and then connect to
LTSP-server. But to me that is LTSP anymore.

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/LTSPArm

There are few projects for Raspberry Pi, none for CuBox. Both do not use PXE.

1 - http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php
2 - http://rpitc.blogspot.fi/

Best use for Raspbery Pi and CuBox is headless server or multimedia server
(http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3274).

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But I did try CuBox as a LTSP-PNP server and Raspberry Pi as
berryterminal. But I do not see any real use for that. Old PC hardware is
good enough as a thin client.

http://www.arkki.info/howto/RaspberryPi/Berryterminal.jpg

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5603&p=200156&hilit=berryterminal#p200156

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5603&p=200185&hilit=berryterminal#p200185

Best Regards Asmo Koskinen.