If that is not an option then you will need licensing for as many people that will connect to the server at any one time. You can connect your LTSP desktops to the server by installing Windows Terminal Services. That is what I did for one of my clients. We set it up so that the LTSP server is running GDM and the login session starts a connection to the server using rdesktop. It works great. It is not as good as a pure Linux solution but it does have the advantage of having a centralized location for software management and you don't need any extra licensing for the terminal boxes. They had to use this because the program they used needs a USB dongle to prevent illegal use of the CAD software that talks to their factory automation equipment.
Windows is a pig so we went way over the top on the Windows server. The Linux LTSP server is a simple PIII and the terminals are empty boxes. We saved a lot and still had extra money to get big LCD displays for everyone. And the extra bonus of only needing one license for anti-virus software saved a lot.
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 22:00 +0530, Sithi wrote:
Hello,
my problem is as follows,
i got a windows 2003 server running a delphi application (which i need this
very badly)
to reduce the cost of windows licences, i had planned to have a setup as
described below
1 linux server running LTSP for around 30 plus clients.
I need this 30 plus clients to access the delphi application running on the
windows 2003 server (also with the terminal services enabled)
windows 2003
terminal server
linux server
LTSP
Thin Clients
By the above setup, i think i need to purchase only licence for the Linux
Server which is connected to the Windows 2003 Terminal server and not for
the LTSP clients, so that i can save on the 30 plus client licences
Is this possible or i kindly some of you over there to show me a way on
reducing the microsoft licences cost.
thanking you in advance
sithi
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