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Hello there,
imagine the following situation: I have a server (which is quite fast) and a netbook (which is quite slow).
I want to use the netbook as a thin-client, e.g. it just shows a vnc session which runs on the server.
Additionally I want to use the netbook as stand-alone when I don't have internet access.
The files (and the system) on the server should always be synced with the copy on the netbook. Meaning in thin-client-mode all changes should also be applied locally. In stand-alone-mode the changes should be commited to the server when internet is available again (and conflicts should be solved).
Has anyone tried that/thought of that? Is there even a specific tool for that? What would be the best way to implement such a setup?
Merry christmas!
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By "the files" do you mean just your /home directory, or system files as well? If the former, then one approach would be to have your netbook as the only place where your /home directory files live. In "stand-alone" mode, you just use the system as normal. In "thin-client-mode", you mount your /home directory onto your server via nfs, and then when you remote to the server via vnc, you're actually seeing the /home directory that's on your netbook. If that sounds wacky, it is. The reason is that what you're trying to accomplish is essentially two different things that don't really have anything to do with each other.
I think what I would ultimately do instead would be to keep all my "real" files on the server, and make a fresh copy of them to the netbook every time I leave the house with it.
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