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Re:Show HN: Neverinstall – A platform to bring desktop appli... by mysterydip on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @08:22AM (#27905308)
I can't speak to this particular implementation, but I have set up thin clients for schools using VMware's Horizon suite and Xen's XenApp before. Properly configured and with the right types of applications, their respective protocols can be very efficient.
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Re:Show HN: Neverinstall – A platform to bring desktop appli... by breakfastduck on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @08:45AM (#27905509)
Does that cost £1400 per year per user, though?
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Re:Show HN: Neverinstall – A platform to bring desktop appli... by mysterydip on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:24AM (#27906677)
No. If it did it would make more sense to just buy the hardware like you said. I was only referring to your last point on network bandwidth.
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