[dba-Tech] Ubuntu thin client

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sat Jan 19 16:54:46 CST 2013


I'd also recommend playing around with Ruby on Rails and Node.js. Node seems to be all the rage these days.

- Hans

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On 2013-01-19, at 2:45 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote:

> Hi Jim --
> 
> I have posted this message from Firefox running under Ubuntu 12.04 TLS Hyper-V VM running under Win8 Prof.
> I have got installed Ubuntu VM in about 20 minutes.
> Not sure what should I do/check next.
> I will probably check in the coming days what I can do/develop on Ubuntu using MonoDroid - .NET/C#
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- Shamil
> 
> Воскресенье, 20 января 2013, 2:08 +04:00 от Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>:
>> Hi Jim --
>> 
>> Thank you for the hint - I'm now installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32bit) under Hyper-V - I'm going through a setup procedure as the following:
>> 
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/02/ubuntu-12-04-under-hyper-v-on-windows-8.aspx
>> 
>> I will post when setup finishes.
>> 
>> -- Shamil
>> 
>> 
>> Суббота, 19 января 2013, 11:53 -08:00 от "Jim Lawrence" < accessd at shaw.ca >:
>>> Hi All:
>>> 
>>> For those interested in a thin client development/server for you
>>> applications like a POS, Accounting package and so on, see below. 
>>> 
>>> First, you will have to find a computer that you can use as a Ubuntu
>>> Station/Server. Virtually any computer can do and you can even easily setup
>>> a dual boot machine. It can be installed directly from the internet, a
>>> CD/DVD or even a USB stick. I would recommend Ubuntu version 12.04 as 12.10
>>> may tend to be a little too leading edge.
>>> 
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>>> 
>>> Once the OS has been installed then you will have to install the Wine
>>> application
>>> (  http://www.noobslab.com/2012/10/install-wine-1515-in-ubuntu.html ) ...not
>>> yet wait. Of course it can just be install through the Ubuntu software
>>> center, an easy search, click-install and run interface.) This will allow
>>> most Windows applications and games to running on the Ubuntu computer as
>>> they would under Windows. 
>>> 
>>> Second, the following application uses a Wine
>>> mashup(  http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ ) to set the system up for Windows
>>> application and in this case Microsoft Office.
>>> 
>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/156296/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2010-i
>>> n-ubuntu-12-04
>>> 
>>> Third, next you setup your thin server to share your Access application as
>>> you might with SharePoint. This will allow Office and its Excel spreadsheets
>>> and Access applications to be shared across the network and web.
>>> 
>>> http://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/how-create-ubuntu-1104-x64-ltsp-server-32
>>> bit-thin-clients
>>> 
>>> Fourth, once this has been done, add your users, automate the session
>>> startup applications and you are good to go. It should be noted that an
>>> certified copy or site license of MS Office should be on every computer
>>> accessing the terminal service, to make this all legal and if you are
>>> allowing terminal access across the web your security should reflect this.
>>> 
>>> There are obviously other small pieces to assemble but this is it in a
>>> nut-shell. A simple and inexpensive SharePoint type environment.
>>> 
>>> Have fun
>>> Jim
> 
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