[X2Go-User] Thin client ISO/USB?

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Les,

On  Di 11 Mär 2014 20:51:22 CET, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Mike Gabriel
> <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking more for something that would work to boot older laptops.
>>> Don't need it badly enough to build my own, but thought it might be
>>> handy after xp support expires to be able to revive one for occasional
>>> use without installing anything.
>>
>>
>> Install a minimal Debian system. Add our package archive [1] and then
>> install the package "x2gothinclient". Done.
>>
>> You can install this setup to a local hard drive or on a USB stick and make
>> that bootable via syslinux.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> [1] deb http://packages.x2go.org/debian wheezy main
>
> I know it is relatively simple but I thought perhaps someone had
> already done it with some research on the best underlying support for

I provide such images to customers from time to time (for money). But  
it is really easy to build them yourself.

> hardware.   Is debian as good as ubuntu for things like wifi firmware,
> etc.?

I am most of the time happy with a kernel from Debian backports (and  
the non-free firmwares as also found in backports).

I am not a hardware fraggle, so I have some devices that are not the  
hottest stuff, but with the kernel images from Debian backports, I  
have solved every issue encountered so far.

Mike

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