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Thu Jul 16 09:11:54 EDT 2015 Slept well. High approaching 80 today and sunny. Next three days are supposed to get near ninety. I have a managers meeting this morning. Door entry controller for Woodward died. Crap system. Ordered replacement machine; would love to replace the whole system. Started making some notes about configuring a Pi 2 as a thin client. I'm using a Debian vm to tinker with, so the actual config will vary a little. install lxde install lightdm Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to enable autologin. Edit ~/.xsession with: exec /usr/bin/startlxde If Gnome is around: apt-get autoremove gdm3 apt-get autoremove --purge gnome Install: tightvncserver freerdp-x11 Create ~/Desktop/Terminal file: [Desktop Entry] Name=Terminal Server Icon=/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/devices/gnome-fs-client.png Exec=/usr/bin/xfreerdp -f --rfx --no-nla terminal.hartmantyner.com Terminal=false Type=Application Create ~/Desktop/Time_Clock.shortcut file: [Desktop Entry] Name=Time Clock Icon=/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/actions/appointment-new.png Exec=/usr/bin/iceweasel https://hartmanandtynerinc.attendanceondemand.com/ess/ Terminal=false Type=Application

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