Discussion Thread: Thin Client X Window Systems

[Stuart Kreitman]

Hey.

This message is intended to start a thread of discussion of X issues 
that pertain to reduced or
non-Linux and non-Unix desktop environments, ie LTSP, X-on-Windows, 
SunRay, VNC, X terminals, embedded X.

These environments are in danger of being ignored or outright crippled 
by the onslaught of major feature
advances that we see happening on the mainstream Linux and Unix 
desktops, yet, there are
considerable populations of users and developers for whom 
one-organism-one-OS is not a preferance.

We need to develop ideas that advance these populations as well.  Issues 
are easy to find: better management
of heavy high and low bandwidth networks, the effect of many Gnome and 
KDE class desktops on shared
central servers,  hot desktopping,  remote device attachment.


Network extensibility is just about the primary advantage touted for the 
X architecture, and we need to
promote and improve the promise of it in all ways.   Let's start this 
discussion here in the xorg-arch list
with the idea that it will soon grow into a strong enough topic to 
justify its own working group.

Thanks for listening. (I'm putting Jim M. on the spot to help drive this!)

Stuart Kreitman