Linux Mini PC MacroView Demo
I was preparing for a demo scenario today where MacroView Windows Desktop needs to connect to a Linux or Unix system to show X windows connectivity and integration. Because of this, just a straight Windows laptop wasn't enough. I also didn't want to have to depend on Internet or even Intranet access to proceed with any demonstrations. The hardware I'm going to use is a Linux (Fedora Core 5) server running MacroView and a Windows laptop running the various client side software packages that are going to be demonstrated. A Linux server was borrowed from Sentient Computing. Thats the Linux server on the left in the pictures. Its a sweet little unit and is made up of a 1.5GHz Pentium M processor, 1GB RAM and an 80GB hard disk. Man ... I can remember when PSTN modems were way bigger than the Linux box in question.
The laptop is a Toshiba tablet with 512MB RAM and a 1.6MHz Pentium M. They're connected by a cross over ethernet cable. A nice aspect of the Fedora+mini-pc combination is that it boots without stopping even if no monitor, keyboard or mouse is connected. This means demo set up is quite easy. There is an external power supply which is a bit of a pain but all in all, the unit is quite nifty. The first picture below shows MacroView Windows Desktop with a VNC session running the KDE desktop. The second picture shows the MacroView XAML module running. The photos of the Toshiba screen are average and this is probably due to the nature of tablet pc screen surfaces.
The laptop is a Toshiba tablet with 512MB RAM and a 1.6MHz Pentium M. They're connected by a cross over ethernet cable. A nice aspect of the Fedora+mini-pc combination is that it boots without stopping even if no monitor, keyboard or mouse is connected. This means demo set up is quite easy. There is an external power supply which is a bit of a pain but all in all, the unit is quite nifty. The first picture below shows MacroView Windows Desktop with a VNC session running the KDE desktop. The second picture shows the MacroView XAML module running. The photos of the Toshiba screen are average and this is probably due to the nature of tablet pc screen surfaces.