RemiX diskless(v4) - thin client version

RemiX(remote X) diskless is a complete and powerful graphical remote client system. This is the thin client version, suitable to install to ATA-flash disks of most graphical terminals.

Technical features

Software inside

• based on Slackware 12.2
  • glibc, core library, xorg (with latest openchrome driver)
• kernel 2.6.29.4-huge with bootsplash patch
• rdesktop 1.6 SVN revision r1600

Common key features

• Xserver autoconfiguration and other auto-detection tools
• possibility of customization of single thin client
• local resources shared and accessible from desktop client
• Linux desktop client and Windows desktop clients (multi boot)
• remote audio (both systems)
• button power off ACPI
• user client messages localization (English, Italian at this time)
• automatic install script inside
• installable also to USB-stick
• very speedy installation procedures (2 to 4 minutes per client)
• power-on to login screen: 15 seconds (typical for 800MHz, 128MB RAM)

• Resources consumption
  • 8 MB RAMdisk (with local /usr or NFS /usr)
  • 18 MB RAMdisk (with via-openchrome-vesa driver inside)
  • 32 MB RAMdisk (all-in-RAM system)
• 80 MB total in accelerated graphic mode runtime

Linux remote desktop

• 2D/3D Xserver (available now also in remote desktop)
• remote audio (stereo) via ESD client
• local resouces shared via FTP

Windows terminal client

• compatible with XP,W2000,W2008 servers
• local resources shared via tsclient
• audio client available

ReadMe

Configuration

RemiX is a system with full auto-configure but is also customizable. The configuration parameters and other custom files are stored in /custom folder. The system configuration file is "Config". Since the RemiX system is thinked as multi-boot, you can have more Config#N files: first configuration file is Config, second Config2, third Config3, etc. RemiX, by default, is installed with 2 boot entry, so there are 2 files (Config and Config2) in /custom.

Read more about Config file

Known bugs

• The problem of busybox error: "can't access tty: job control turned off" is partially solved. In some hardware this problem may occur.

Installation

RemiX(v4) is a full diskless system, but may be also installed to a HD (or mini-HD as an ATA-flash disk)

RemiX installed to HD - HowTo

RemiX(v4) contains a script (Install.sh) that can install system to thin client HD (ATA flash, etc.), but for first installation there is the problem to boot the client.

No problem: remiXv4 may be installable to USB-stick.

Make a bootable USB-stick to boot thin client (under Linux)

• Download this script that unpack the tarball filesystem and install it to an USB-stick: usb-install.sh
• set exection perms: #chmod 755 usb-install.sh
• connect a small USB-stick to PC (40MB is enough!)
• start installation: #./usb-install.sh

Note: to boot properly USB-stick. Lilo version must be equal or superior to 22.7.

Make a bootable USB-stick to boot thin client (under Windows)

to do ...

Install RemiX to thin client

• Plug the USB-stick to thin client and switch power-on (be sure that first boot device BIOS is set to USB)
• At Lilo boot screen chose SETUP (default password is mypass)
• Once booted Remix(v4) from USB-stick, you can install system to ATA-flash simply typing "Install.sh". To chose a keyboard layout type "keyboard" before start installation script.

Download

RemiX is passed now at version 4.xx and is in development. The latest version is 4.0-beta-100924. There are several tarball, usually versions named "thinclient" are suitable to install to thin client HD (ATA-flash, etc.).

Latest versions

RemiX(v4) with via and openchrome driver. Other graphic card are supported by vesa driver (without acceleration).

• RemiX4 thin client HD light: via-openchrome-vesa driver  

md5sum: 29d0c3c34ae57edd50233e57dcaa1a13 - 17.8MB

RemiX(v4) with all xorg drivers included. Drivers are default open source drivers, does not include the proprietary drivers provided by nVidia or ATI.

• RemiX4 thin client HD full: all drivers inside  

md5sum: 7b8c267df12ababd7e504065821a7994 - 30.5MB

Changelog

• 100924 - this is first public release of RemiX thinclient v4.x

License

RemiX diskless is released under GPL

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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