Re: [Blind-sysadmins] thin clients and Linux

Hi, I currently runs windows XP and I am concidering changing it to linux. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:05 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] thin clients and Linux Hi, It totally depends on what the thin client is, it may not be an Intel machine so may not be able to run Windows. If you want to run Windows you need to have it activated. There is a Windows Thin Client edition for Windows 7, it needs a volume license agreement. We tried it on some old machines and it ran quite well for our DE environment, but if you use this edition of Windows it doesn't activate swap so isn't good for much apart from thin client duties. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of mike Sent: 29 August 2015 05:46 To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] thin clients and Linux Hi, I am in the research stage but I was wondering on peoples thought of converting thin clients to small Linux machines. A contractor here in the place that I live sold me these old Hp thin Clients for about 10 dollars apiece and I was thinking of trying to either upgrade them to 7 or run Linux. So my questions if I were to upgrade them to 7 how much would the licenses cost to do this If I were to install Linux could it be done. I know how to install Linux but I guess I am asking is there anything I should be aware of when trying to install Linux on a thin client? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins