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burnie nawn wrote:
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So the question remains:<br>
Do we buy or do we hire, and if we buy, what do we do with the PC's?<br>
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Apologies for not following this thread in detail, but do we have any
quotes for purchasing the PCs?<br>
What is the required config?<br>
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Before you all jump on me about the config question, I want to propose
multiseat Linux boxes - hence we would need to know if the software
that needs to run on this PCs, will cope with this sort of config.<br>
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Just (not so) BTW: I have been using 3-seater multiseat Ubuntu boxes in
my GIS map compilation production line faultlessly for the last 2 years.<br>
Typical config is: Motherboard with 3 PCI Express slots, 3 VGA cards, 3
LCD monitors and 3 USB keyboard/mouse inputs. So, 1 computer, three
simultaneous users.<br>
Tou can go higher than 3, but finding the right HW would be a challenge.<br>
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We could also consider LTSP, but maybe not.<br>
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I have the knowledge and buying power (ie: purchase components from
direct importers) to spec and purchase these machines and they could
even be built by the guys we buy the components from (typically R200
assembly charge) - but I do not have the resources to load &
configure Ubuntu Linux, nor to set up the PCs at CTICC.<br>
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Should we even be thinking of going down this road?<br>
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my 2c<br>
Zoltan<br>
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