Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2008-01-12 Thread Christopher Roberts
A few corrections and updates from my earlier posts... On Thursday 27 December 2007 11:55, Christopher Roberts wrote: > ---++ 2x Application Server client > >    * http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/ > > Having installed the 2x ApplicationServer on the W2K3 server (an absolute > doddle), this jus

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2008-01-05 Thread Christopher Roberts
On Sunday 30 December 2007 14:46, Frank Lienhard wrote: > >    * 2x - free for 5 users, not officially supported for XP, but works > >    * SeamlessRDP > > > > See my original posting for issues with these solutions and links. > > But no drive mapping means, you can't use the local CD-drive, which

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop (Christopher Roberts)

2008-01-02 Thread Christopher Roberts
On Thursday 27 December 2007 23:48, jam wrote: > for my info: this setup seemed to work perfectly bar the directx video > stuff ie games? video and photography stuff I can imagine, fortunately that's a complication we haven't need to worry about here. > For me an Xp machine, but a TS server, and

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-30 Thread Frank Lienhard
> >* 2x - free for 5 users, not officially supported for XP, but works >* SeamlessRDP > > See my original posting for issues with these solutions and links. > > But no drive mapping means, you can't use the local CD-drive, which is needed for e.g. most games and edu CDs. Seams any sol

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-29 Thread Christopher Roberts
On Friday 28 December 2007 17:09, Frank Lienhard wrote: > > If you need multiple clients running > > simultaneously then RDP is probably the most efficient way. > > But this will only be supported by server versions of windows, right? XP would only allow a single RDP connection, there is an old Mi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-28 Thread Frank Lienhard
I just found out: If you have any win game/edutainment etc., which needs directX Support, you are finally done, I think (Last try is VMware, I think...) and a 'fat' graphic card in every client. Not to mention al the traps you will stock in, untill you get this working on the client..

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-28 Thread Frank Lienhard
> > If you need multiple clients running > simultaneously then RDP is probably the most efficient way. > But this will only be supported by server versions of windows, right? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-28 Thread Christopher Roberts
On Thursday 27 December 2007 17:18, Frank Lienhard wrote: > Just to get ist right: > -which windows version did you use > -did you start the virtualbox on the client or did you install a windows > server inside virtualbox and the used rdp on the client? On LTSP 4.2 I experimented only with W2K3 vi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop (Christopher Roberts)

2007-12-27 Thread jam
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 12:05 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Having been working for the past few months on introducing LTSP 4.2 > into our > business (currently rolling out to all users), I was wondering which > methods > people have adopted for providing access to required Windows apps? > >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Lienhard
Hi Chris, > >* http://www.virtualbox.org/ > > Not certain about all your requirements, but for home use I would use > VirtualBox, as this is free for personal use and includes packages for Debian > based distros. I believe it has evolved from QEMU, but is very fast. It comes > with Guest Edi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-27 Thread Christopher Roberts
On Thursday 27 December 2007 15:38, Frank Lienhard wrote: > Qemu: to slow QEMU was too slow for us until I switched on KVM and the virtual threading CPU switch in the BIOS. * http://www.virtualbox.org/ Not certain about all your requirements, but for home use I would use VirtualBox, as this

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Lienhard
Hi Chris, > > What have others done - or are you all in the enviable position of being able > to go 100% open source? > > At work I have no change to do something this way so far, but at home I give my best to do so. Currently I have this: one LTSP server (debian based: etch + LTSP5) with 3 c

[Ltsp-discuss] Windows applications on LTSP desktop

2007-12-27 Thread Christopher Roberts
Having been working for the past few months on introducing LTSP 4.2 into our business (currently rolling out to all users), I was wondering which methods people have adopted for providing access to required Windows apps? We are in the unfortunate position of having a number of industry-specific