[TriLUG] Gnome configuration

[Janyne Kizer]

On 12/9/2003 11:17 AM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Janyne Kizer wrote:
> 
>> KDE now uses OpenGL and some of our clients do not support that.  
>> After discussing this with some other groups that have similar set ups 
>> (City of Largo, etc.) we elected to go with Gnome rather than rolling 
>> our own KDE.
> 
> 
> What does KDE use OpenGL for?  And, what about it do your clients not
> support?  

We contacted our thin client vendor and they said that for $400/unit 
(that would be like $320,000) they could sell us the OpenGL stuff that 
we need.

> AFAIK, almost all the linux distributions these days support
> OpenGL out of the box (even if just in software).  

These are NCD thin clients -- specifically the HMX and Explora product 
lines.  We did contact other people that use Linux with these clients 
and they have experienced the same issues.

> That seems like a
> bit of stretch to switch for just that.

Well, the clients are not usuable because it pops up an error message 
about 30 times per minute.  That seems like a really good reason to try 
something else.

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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology