receiving a Virtual Desktop over the Internet

[Steffen Schilke]

Hallo,

I think once it is booted up the speed depends on the hardware used. You
might want to look into something like this:

http://www.webconverger.com/  http://webconverger.org/
http://openkiosk.sourceforge.net/ or
http://www.cybercafepro.com/

Instead of a USB drive what about using a CD to boot up? Lock the cd tray
up behind the desk / box the machine is in - a harddisk for the operation
is necessary anyhow.

Kind regards

sws





On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:24 PM, John Fitzgibbon <
jfitzgibbon at galwaylibrary.ie> wrote:

>  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.
>
>
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> 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?
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> I would appreciate any advice.
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> Regards,
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> John
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> John Fitzgibbon
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