receiving a Virtual Desktop over the Internet

[John Fitzgibbon]

Hi,

We have over thirty branches that are not easily accessible. Many of these libraries are a long distance from headquarters.

Ideally, we would like to have our public Internet PCs download a virtual desktop over the Internet using DSL broadband, on boot up. The virtual desktop would have to be capable of allowing users to view youtube flash videos. I am not sure if this is feasible.

Changes would be made to the desktop at one place, and low spec PCs would be used at the libraries.

Our second best solution would be to create bootable USB pens that would load Linux. These would be distributed to our libraries by post. My fear is that booting from a USB pen would result in a very slow browsing experience. Many users use the web to view Youtube.

Is either approach technically feasible, and worth investigating further?

I would appreciate any advice.


Regards,

John



John Fitzgibbon



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