Hi all, The way I have seen this done is pretty much the same as the way you do it Windows server to Windows client. I use Citrix mainly, and sometimes Rdesktop.
1) Citrix metaframe: the Linux client is free but the server costs. Exports a whole desktop. Uses a more efficient protocol to transmit than does VNC, so appears quicker. Requires a Windows Application server set up. Good graphical display, limited only by the amount of memory you put in the Windows server. I think in our case the license cost vs. Windows desktop maintenance trade-off was something like 60 people. YMMV. 2) VNC: You need to pay for a Windows CAL for the access, again exports the whole desktop. Tends to run a bit slow over network boundaries, probably too slow for a normal user. 3) Tarantella. Don't know what the cost is, but may be better if you have a lot of things (eg mainframes) to connect to. Haven't tried it. 4) Sun Ray. The windows session is emulated via an intermediate Unix server and the thin client terminal is updated with the display. Uses Citrix or Tarantella to connect to a remote Windows application server. Graphics are good, but needs to be on the same network subnet. 5) Rdesktop. The Linux client is free but the server has to have a Windows Remote Desktop license enabled, plus an extra CAL for the user. Again, exports a whole desktop. This one is a lot easier to setup compared to Citrix, but the display is nowhere near as good. OK for remote maintenance but not really useful for running applications as the graphics gets spotty. Slightly better than using a KVM though! 6) Application available through a Portal, and the user just accesses it with a web browser. Requires something like a Tomcat server, and can involve lots of expensive software licenses. I have seen this run, although the demo application was an Excel Spreadsheet. Not useful for CAD or other graphical software but pretty impressive for ERP applications and other things that can be got running on the Internet. Come to think of it, I think you can run Open Office in server mode so theoretically you could use that to display to the server, and get the server to redirect the display as a web page. No, I have never tried this but it seems possible albeit limited to certain applications. Theoretically will work over WANs and international sites. Cheers, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Karl Bowden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 5 February 2005 10:13 PM To: slug-list Subject: Re: [SLUG] Exporting applications from windows? Yeah, I have seen them pop up quite a bit in terminal solutions. Has anybody had any experience with citrix? We already use VNC through the company for remote assistance, and for a few awked situations, but will not help in providing a smooth transition in this situation. I had also been thinking of using win4lin and exporting the win apps over X throught that means. Karl Bowden Ben de Luca wrote: > I believe citrix makes this possible but its certainly not free($$$). > > > > On 05/02/2005, at 7:08 PM, Karl Bowden wrote: > >> Is it possible to have an application running remotely on a Windows >> machine but appareing locally on a linux machine? >> I have been playing arround with rdesktop and a win2k machine. But I >> have only been able to export a complete desktop. >> What I am looking for is something more similar to the way X >> applications can be forwarded over a ssh session. >> If I am missing something obvious please clip me arround the ears, >> but a feature like this would much ease the transition to linux at my >> place of work. >> >> Karl Bowden >> >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. 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