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Re: Computax
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Tuvik Beker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I talked to Milton Electronics today, and they are willing to support us
> in computax. They will give us two desktops (P-233 or better) and
> possibly also a nice laptop.
> In exchange we'll put some sign that we got support from Milton / The
> machines come from Milton or something similar.
> By the way, they have their own booth in the show, so that we'll have
> local technical support if needed.
Thats nice.
<snip>
> We should start thinking about what should be installed on each machine,
> and whether we want the laptop (*supposing* we get one) to run Linux or
> be the NT station (this is simpler for us, since they'll do the
> installation of NT - installing UNIX on a laptop is always a bit
> problematic as Eli can assure you, and I can back his word. However we
> might WANT to show Linux on a portable if we have one).
I don't know about Red Hat (Never installed one...), but Debian has it's
special installation disks for laptops, I heard that it works pretty good.
(I don't own a laptop, so I didn't try it myself...)
We can install Debian on it (just to show that there is more than one
distribution).
> burn VNC on the CDs we produce.
I don't know what VNC is, but at work we have something called Winframe,
its a server that works on an NT server (I don't know whether it can work
on NT WS, or Win.95, I'll check tomorrow), and has client applications for
windows and unix. I don't know whether there is a version for Linux (I mean
one for XF386), but I'll check their website.
You can configure the Winframe server to support many users, each one has
different security. access etc. and you can work from another computer.
I tried using 5 users at once (Thats all the users that they let me try, I
know that Winframe should support 100s of users at once) and it worked
pretty well. (There is no difference where you work... if feels like you
"sit" on the server).
The only "problem" is that it costs money (It is not a big problem for
companies, but comparing it to the rest of the Linux software ...)
>
> Tuvik
> --
BTW: The chances that I'll be able to come are getting bigger. If I am
able to come, I'll be able to stay only until 15:30 or 16:00. (I MIGHT be
able to stay longer, but the chances are VERY slick...)
Bye,
Liran Zvibel.
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