I've used VMware more than i'd like, with W2k on a linux host, and its done what i've neededf. Granted, that's primarily smoketesting various kinds of broken M$ software in a linux environment. As for graphic intensive stuff, sure, it won't let you play Quake3, but for viewing still images, its quite satisfactory.
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Wil McGilvery wrote: > Just my 2 cents worth... > > I haven't used VMware, but I believe it will do what you want. > > I will say that I have never had a good experience with remotely using graphic >intensive programs. The refresh rate has always been to slow, but I would like to >know other peoples experiences. > > Windows Terminal Server is not available on a Windows 2000 workstation. You need to >buy a server for that capability and then there are the licenses required to use >Terminal Server. Windows XP comes with remote desktop and you could use that on a >Windows XP Pro Workstation. As I type this I can't remember if this would restrict >users to one at a time or not. There are other remote access solutions such as >Pcanywhere and Vnc, but they also only allow one remote user at a time. > > Windows workstations also have a maximium of 10 concurrent connections at a time. (I >don't know if this is an issue for you or not). > > The setup described in your message will have to be a very powerful machine to run a >program such as Photoshop along with 2 O/S 's and VMWare. > > Here is my suggestion. > > - In your lab, install Linux with terminal server or some other remote x solution >for people to use the Linux programs on. (That is if your camera likes Linux.) > > - Install Samba and allow the hospital Intranet to connect to the share that >contains the photos. This will work very well and you do not need a Windows box to >see or be seen on Windows network. > > - allow people to manipulate the files using Photoshop locally on their machines. >The performance will be 100 times better. (I don't think remote access to use >Photoshop will work that well for you.) > > I hope I have understood your question correctly. > > Regards, > > > Wil McGilvery > Manager, Digital Media > > > > 416-744-7191 > 416-716-3964 (cell) > 1-888-622-3729 > 416-744-0406 FAX > www.LynchDigital.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Windows 2000 and linux on same box concurrently > > I would like to get some advice about windows and linux. You can skip > all the verbiage and go right to the BASIC QUESTION at the end. > > We are buying digital camera equipment for our pathology lab. I want to > configure our cameras and computers for maximum convenience for people > taking the photos, people editing them, and people creating presentations > from them. > > Here is what I am contemplating: > > Grossing room (Yes, we grossly examine the stuff,like gallbladders, > brains, etc): > Digital camera tethered to a fairly simple linux computer via > usb. Images, as soon as taken, are transferred automatically to a windows > box in a different part of the lab (multiheaded scope room). There will > be a twisted wire network cable directly attaching these two computers. > > Multiheaded scope room: > This contains the digital photomicroscope (Nikon DXM-1200) tethered to > the windows box, a fancy image work station. (Pentium 4 2.2gigahertz > and big video card). > > This work station will run windows and, hopfully, linux. The windows is > for two reasons only: > 1. To talk to the hospital wide network (we are a windows shop.) > 2. To run the software from Nikon to capture digital images. Until I > get my hands on the camera, I won't know if gphoto or some other linux > software will talk to the camera. > > Although I have no experience with such things (windows beyond 98) > I am thinking of installing windows 2000, since that will give that > box server capability (I guess, including ipforwarding and such, so that > the linux box in the grossing room can be accessed) as well as provide > a good work station OS. > > Now, here is where I really need advice. > In my dream world, a user will be able to sit at his workstation anywhere > in the lab, using windows, and log onto the windows 2000 workstation > using the hospital intranet, and see and manipulate images. This might > involve image editing (using photoshop, for example, running on the > windows 2000 box ideally), simply viewing images, or downloading images > while preparing presentations, say with powerpoint. > > It would be ideal if the user could log onto the windows 2000 box, and run a > remote X session. That way, the user could run gimp and any linux tools I > provide for them. > > So, the ideal arrangement might be for the windows box would be to run > linux as the host OS and load and run windows 2000 under something like > VMware. Is this possible? If so, would windows be able to talk to the > hardware, like usb ports or firewire ports, to enable the camera to work > with it? What about the network connection. It would have to be controlled > by windows 2000. If that happens, could a remote X session be possible? > > BASIC QUESTION: > Well, you get the idea. The basic question is what is the best way to make > windows 2000 and linux run on the same box, at the same time, and what > networking and hardware functions will be missing if they do. > > Thanks, > Joel > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
