[nflug] Citrix / TS alternatives
Justin Bennett
Justin.Bennett at Dynabrade.com
Fri Feb 23 09:47:30 EST 2007
Ok, thanks for the posts, I know I can do a citrix or terminal services
solution but was looking for something less expensive.. :)
Thanks
anthonyriga wrote:
> I worked for one company too that had used neoware
> terminals that ran linux with citrix client. They were
> solid. You connected them to a citrix server farm.
> --- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>> What about Win4Lin
>> --- "David J. Andruczyk" <djandruczyk at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Virtual Box is also a good choice and offers some
>>> good things
>>> vmware does like rdp remote sessions and USB over
>>> RDP.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Richard Hubbard <rhubby at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think you will find that the biggest problem
>>>>
>>> you will have is
>>>
>>>> that M$ won't let you run any kind of terminal
>>>>
>>> services (except
>>>
>>>> for admin mode, max 2 administrators at a time)
>>>>
>>> without paying
>>>
>>>> them. Once you have paid M$, then you can use
>>>>
>> lots
>>
>>> of different
>>>
>>>> programs to connect to the server.
>>>>
>>>> What your best bet is probably going to be is
>>>>
>>> vmware to run winxp
>>>
>>>> on your clients. You've already licensed the
>>>>
>>> client OS, so that
>>>
>>>> shouldn't be a problem. Deployment should be a
>>>>
>>> snap. Install one
>>>
>>>> VM, install WinXP, and all of the software your
>>>>
>>> users will need,
>>>
>>>> then run sysprep to roll back the install
>>>>
>> slightly
>>
>>> (so you don't
>>>
>>>> have issues with different virtual machines
>>>>
>> having
>>
>>> the same
>>>
>>>> names, etc), and copy that image to everyone who
>>>>
>>> needs winders.
>>>
>>>> Problem solved.
>>>>
>>>> Richard Hubbard
>>>> Technology Solutions Inc
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: Justin Bennett
>>>>
>>> <Justin.Bennett at Dynabrade.com>
>>>
>>>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:57:02 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Citrix / TS alternatives
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the post!
>>>> Most of these (and what I can find) require a
>>>>
>>> windows terminal
>>>
>>>> server,
>>>> which I believe you still need to buy a CAL to
>>>>
>> be
>>
>>> legal, which
>>>
>>>> I'm
>>>> hoping to avoid, so I would need something that
>>>>
>>> has it's own
>>>
>>>> server
>>>> piece independent of terminal services.
>>>>
>>>> David J. Andruczyk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Nomachine NX (in RDP bridge mode), rdesktop,
>>>>>
>>> virtualbox using
>>>
>>>>> remote RDP, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Justin Bennett
>>>>>
>>> <Justin.Bennett at Dynabrade.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just wondering if you anyone is doing any
>>>>>>
>>> application
>>>
>>>>>> deployment
>>>>>> with a citrix type setup. Basically we're
>>>>>>
>>> considering
>>>
>>>> migrating
>>>>
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> desktops over to linux, but have a handful of
>>>>>>
>>> applications we
>>>
>>>>>> can't find
>>>>>> a linux replacement for (at least one we can
>>>>>>
>>> sell). I can do
>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>>> WINE
>>>>>> thing but have a few things that are kinda
>>>>>>
>>> flaky under wine.
>>>
>>>> The
>>>>
>>>>>> point
>>>>>> is I was thinking maybe I can have one
>>>>>>
>> windows
>>
>>> machine acting
>>>
>>>>>> like a
>>>>>> terminal type server, that I can do a remote
>>>>>>
>>> application for
>>>
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> applications I can't go native with in Linux.
>>>>>>
>>> Obviously I
>>>
>>>> would
>>>>
>>>>>> need the
>>>>>> server component avaliable for windows, and a
>>>>>>
>>> linux client.
>>>
>>>>>> Any recomendations?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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