[itdiscuss] Thin clients?

[blloyd at buskercom.com]

Has anyone been able to support remote scanning?

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Thin clients?

 

I think the combination of these thin clients and Windows Server 2008
will be excellent.  It does have a USB port that both printer and USB
flash drives show up through Local Share Tab in Remote Desktop Options.
The print support in Windows Server 2008 is excellent and it will work
great!  Also the browser is based on what you make available in the Term
Server (Internet Explorer seems to be getting better these days).  And
best of all, you can have it automatically boot into the Term Server.
And according to the web page, you can remote assist through VNC (which
is a cool option in addition to the Terminal Services Manager).

 

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On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Tony Dye wrote:





Jeffrey, do those actually support local USB devices decently?  What's
the web browser?

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [
mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:43 PM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Cc: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Thin clients?

 

I really liked the iGel Linux based thin client http://www.igel.de

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On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:34 PM, "Tony Dye" <tony.dye at gmail.com> wrote:

	Anybody have a thin client solution they really love?
Specifically, are there any great answers to:

	1)      Local printing (USB printers) and corresponding print
performance?

	2)      Local scanning (USB scanner)?

	3)      Full featured web browsing (flash, YouTube, etc.)?

	 

	The story behind the questions.  A client is looking at moving
*everything* from a local server room to a hosted environment and
considering going to thin clients, with the idea being that pretty much
all on-site support is eliminated.  The hosted environment would be
Terminal Services on Windows Server 2008.  I'd welcome comments on the
overall concept, but I'm really looking for answers regarding good Thin
Client solutions.

	 

	Thanks,

	 

	 

	--

	Tony Dye

	"I'll help you, or I'll help find someone to help you"

	Blog: http://tonydye.net <http://tonydye.net/> 

	 

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