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# Thin Client: New User Guide

## Stephen Noble `stephen7 at bigfoot.com`

30th November 1999

1.How to turn inexpensive legacy computers into fast terminals using the power of your main computer, you will need : A fast computer to act as Server, A client computer (old and unwanted). Linux compatible network cards. A connection between computers. 2.How to centralise system administaration by useing NFS, ie placing the entire file system of a faster client on the server.

## 1. Introduction

## 2. Hardware and Documentation

- 2.1 Hardware
- 2.2 Documentation

## 3. Server setup

- 3.1 Check your network services on your server
- 3.2 Setting up a dhcpd daemon
- 3.3 Tftpd setup
- 3.4 Kernel image
- 3.5 Security

## 4. Client setup

## 5. Network files system

- 5.1 server specific
- 5.2 client specific

## 6. X-terminal

## 7. Acknowledgments & further exercises

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