[mythtv-users] Diskless frontends?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jun 8, 2004, at 08:03, Bruce Smith wrote:

> Has anyone tried using a LTSP (ltsp.org) workstation as a frontend
> only box, with the main backend server also being the LTSP server?
> I wonder how that would work, assuming the backend is powerful enough?

Haven't tried it, but this is essentially what I'm doing with a RHEL3 
server, feeding a Fedora Core 1 image to my EPIA. Stress on the server 
side is actually very low. Its more or less just serving up files. LTSP 
essentially has two modes, one where all the apps are run on the server 
side (X -query <server-ip> from a shell on the client side, in which 
case, the client does nothing but handle video output), and one where 
everything is run the client side. For Myth to properly function (i.e., 
if you want sound), you have to run everything client-side.

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
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