Spice Session Screen Script for LTSP thin clients running under Ubuntu

LTSP does not come with a built in Spice (client) script. So, I created one. This is useful if you want your thinclients to be able to remote into a KVM VDI. I use the virt-viewer package. Run the following on your Ubuntu LTSP server: ltsp-chroot –arch <base> -m apt-get install virt-viewer exit NOTE: You can also Read more about Spice Session Screen Script for LTSP thin clients running under Ubuntu[…]

3 Free Linux based thin client distributions (Thinclient OS) [FREE]

Thinstation X2OS iPXE (you can use this to chain load other thin OS’s over the internet, nfs, smb, etc..) Very small, and configurable. Supports some wireless cards. Basically a zero client. < 1MB.   Ubuntu LTSP! Zero clients that boot over PXE (Thinclient or fatclient options)   Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, embedded, CE, etc… Read more about 3 Free Linux based thin client distributions (Thinclient OS) [FREE][…]

HP Compaq 8000 Elite USFF Desktop Core2Duo E8400 3GHz 4GB 160GB Windows 7 Pro [Refurbished]

Review: www.computershopper.com/… Specifications: h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/… Technical Reference Guides: h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/M… Illustrated Parts & Service Map: HP Compaq 8000 Elite Ultra Slim Desktop Business PC Hardware Reference Guide HP Compaq 8000 Elite Ultra-Slim Desktop PC Buy for $80 www.sears.com/hp-compaq-… Buy for $150 www.newegg.com/Product/P… Buy for $60 (no hard drive or caddy) HP Compaq 8000 Elite Ultra Slim Desktop Read more about HP Compaq 8000 Elite USFF Desktop Core2Duo E8400 3GHz 4GB 160GB Windows 7 Pro [Refurbished][…]

Howto create a Windows 10 or 7 bootable USB flash drive using Linux (Ubuntu 16.04 xenial or 16.10 yakkety)

UEFI compatible 1. Make variables so you can copy and paste the following code. Replace the following with your actual name, path, and device id. export USBNAME=WIN10AMD64 export USBMNT=/media/$USER/$USBNAME export USBDEV=/dev/sdd 2. Format and partition USB drive. (Only needed if your SD card is not VFAT (FAT32) already) sudo fdisk $USBDEV n –> enter –> Read more about Howto create a Windows 10 or 7 bootable USB flash drive using Linux (Ubuntu 16.04 xenial or 16.10 yakkety)[…]

How to boot an iMac 2008 with faulty Nvidia geforce 8800 GS video card.

And reset the admin password while at it. This will allow you to use the machine using software rendering so you can retrieve your data. Boot into sing user mode: Option(or Windows key)-S Type fsck -fy Type mount -uw / mkdir /drivers move NV* GeForce*  AMDRadeon*  ATIRadeon* /drivers/ cd /var/db pwd #List all files. The l Read more about How to boot an iMac 2008 with faulty Nvidia geforce 8800 GS video card.[…]

What to exclude when backing up your entire root filesystem in Ubuntu 15.10 wily

help.ubuntu.com/communit… …such as a /home partition, or external media mounted in /media backed up, you either need to back them up separately, or omit this flag. If you do omit this flag, you will need to add several more –exclude= arguments to avoid filesystems you do not want. These would be /proc, /sys, /mnt, /media, Read more about What to exclude when backing up your entire root filesystem in Ubuntu 15.10 wily[…]

Running Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu using Virtualbox, FreeRDP, Windows 7 RemoteApp

Windowless Remote Desktop Using FreeRDP Nightly: github.com/FreeRDP/FreeR… sudo echo “deb pub.freerdp.com/reposito…`lsb_release –codename -s`/ freerdp-nightly main” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freerdp-nightly.list wget -O – pub.freerdp.com/reposito… | sudo apt-key add – sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install freerdp-nightly #/bin/bash /opt/freerdp-nightly/bin/xfreerdp /u:<user> /p:<password> /app:”%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe” /sound /microphone /drives /v:192.168.56.25 sudo apt-get install alacarte Using alacart add above script to the untiy menu. Read more about Running Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu using Virtualbox, FreeRDP, Windows 7 RemoteApp[…]

VNC Session Screen Script for LTSP thin clients running under Ubuntu

LTSP does not come with a built in VNC viewer (client) script. So, I created one. This is useful if you want your thinclients to be able to remote into MacOS or Android OS’s. I use the xtightvncviewer package. Run the following on your Ubuntu LTSP server: ltsp-chroot apt-get install xtightvncviwer update-alternatives –config vncviewer #You Read more about VNC Session Screen Script for LTSP thin clients running under Ubuntu[…]