Ken- Running Windows under VMWare on Linux would still require a Windows server license + Client Access Licenses, and probably introduce VMWare peculiarities, so unless he can get the application running under wine/crossover (a pretty decent possibility), it sounds like the only route is to keep the Windows TS for this Windows-only application, and use LTSP + terminals to run general office software and connect to the application via rdesktop. Rdesktop has an 'application mode' that can appear to run a single application at a time that could help in this case, versus having two separate desktops.
-Todd Ken Cobler wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply Ken. The software vendor want's to setup Windows TS >> on a separate server from the application server. I thought maybe we >> could use Linux, instead of Windows. I'm think I need to talk to the >> vendor further to get a more clear picture of what they want to do. >> >> Thanks, >> Stoney >> >> > That can be accomplished with Virtual Machine software (i.e., vmware or > xen). By the way, Microsoft and Novell are becoming interesting > partners. We'll see how well Microsoft allows their applications to run > under Novell's Xen. > > Consider the following setup: Linux server running LTSP and vmware (or > xen). One guest OS (Windows XP or Windows 2000) hosts the application > per the vendor's requirements under vmware/xen. The Linux server runs > LTSP for the clients. > > The only question is does the vendor only offer a Windows binary for the > client piece ? Do they offer a web interface ? If they do offer a web > interface client, you could easily use Firefox on the clients to attach > to the application server running on the guest OS of vmware (or xen). > > If the client program is only a Windows executable, try the Windows > client under wine or CodeWeavers to see how well it operates. > > Ken Cobler > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
