[LUNI] New to Linux

[Keith T. Garner]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:09:06, Richard Lindas said:
> Can someone give me a very broad overview about the way a Linux server
> would handle this?  I imagine Linux would handle it like UNIX.  That leads me
> to ask, how do the Linux workstations handle the application on the server? 
> Is it using some sort of terminal emulation?  Can dumb terminals still be 
> used?  Is there a way of using Windows for the workstations?

Linux is a UNIX for all intents and purposes that just happens to run
on x86.  For Linux you can do it exactly like you do on UNIX, with
dumb terminals if you so desire.  To get a large amount of dumb
terminals hooked up, you'll probably need to get a multi-port serial
board of some sort.  I haven't played with them much, so I can't help
with much more then "this is what you need."

You could also just use Linux as a fileserver like you would with
windows or novell.  It sounds like nothing runs on the server when
you're in this configuration.  You'd just need to install into the
shared drive via one of the workstations.  You'd probably use Samba on
the linux box to do your windows file share.  (Hell, you could run
Samba on any of your UNIX platforms like this as well.)

Seriously, you could do either way.  In fact, I'd support both of you
could.

Keith

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   Keith T. Garner                                        kgarner at kgarner.com
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