If anybody makes xpde work propperly for multiuser on linux please make a doc, I flunked that one on my rh 8)
--- "Baeseman, Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never tried this but take a look at this, it > should be close > enough.... > > I do not know how mature it is, or even if it works > but it does look about > as close > to xp as one can get. > > > > http://www.xpde.com/modules.php?name=Screenshots > > > > > Cliff Baeseman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Sabet > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 1/17/03 8:45 AM > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] over my dead body... > [slightly OT] > > Hi all, > > I work for a small company whose long-standing staff > have long adopted > an > over-my-dead-body attitude towards change. > > At present our sales department is using windows on > a daily basis, and > has > done so for many many years. Our sales department > only use IE, Word, > Excel, > so having a dedicated machine each running around > £400 of software is a > little wasteful. > > LTSP would be a perfect, cost-effective replacement > for this setup. > > I have configured the server to my liking (i386-RH8, > LTSP4), all seems > nice > and stable, and I have installed OpenOffice and > Konqueror (KDE) which is > > pretty much all they ever need to use. I have > already checked whether > OpenOffice will open our existing word/excel > documents, and it does so > quite happily. > > My problem now is in finding an appropriate GUI. > These users are all > trained for windows. We have no time for extensive > retraining, and so I > need to find something as close to the windows > look-n-feel as possible, > but > at the same time making sure that whatever I choose > isn't going to be > bloated and resource-hungry (KDE/GNOME etc). > > I have gone through various GUIs, and none of them > really meet the > grade. I > have tried WindowMaker, BlackBox, Gnome, KDE, FVWM, > FVWM95, and finally > FluxBox (which is a derivative of BlackBox), and > with which I am > reasonably > happy, however I know for a fact that my users won't > be (i.e. it meets > my > requirements, but not all of theirs). > > The main windows-esque features my users will be > looking for are: > > Fonts - and lots of them. I've installed the windows > fonts, but still it > > doesn't look as "nice" as windows does - any > suggestions here? > Alt-Tab - Fluxbox handles this nicely. > Task-bar - KDE/GNOME have this, but are too bloated > and would involve > hardware upgrades which I would like to avoid if at > all possible. > Fluxbox > has a task-bar sort-of, but only displays minimised > windows. Our users > have > a tendancy to open all their millions of windows at > once, and leave them > > that way, flicking between them using the taskbar. > With fluxbox they > would > have to resort to alt-tab which isn't anywhere near > as convenient. > > What I'm really interested in knowing is - what do > people do in places > like > Internet Kiosks that run linux? Do they just use > whatever standard > bloated > GUI comes with their distro? Or do they use some > sort of customised GUI? > > The other main reason I don't want to use KDE/GNOME > is due to the fact > that > it opens up whole new realms of user-fiddlage which > I'd like to avoid. > > With Fluxbox/WindowMaker etc, I can customise each > user's desktop using > a > single text file, remove their ability to access the > shell, and let them > > get on with their work without ever having to worry > about them buggering > up > their settings for me to have to fix. > > I'm really interested in peoples' > comments/experiences here, as I can't > be > the first person in the world who has wanted/needed > to convert a bunch > of > die-hard windows users to linux without having to > resort to the likes of > > KDE/GNOME. > > Many thanks to all who respond! > > L > > -- > Louis Sabet - IT Manager > http://www.mobiles.co.uk > http://www.gadgets.co.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A > 128-bit supercerts > will > allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit > encryption to all your > clients even if they use browsers that are limited > to 40 bit encryption. > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on > irc.freenode.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A > 128-bit supercerts will > allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit > encryption to all your > clients even if they use browsers that are limited > to 40 bit encryption. > Get a guide > here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
