[K12OSN] M$ access from K12LTSP

[norbert]

Hi Les,

Thanks but would it not be better to have the K12ltsp setup and 
configure a M$ server with CALs then have the thin clients rdesktop into 
the M$ server ?

norbert

les at futuresource.com wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 21:04, norbert wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Terrell,
>>
>>Thanks, however since I'm the new guy coming into the "big" school 
>>boards I don't have much clout to tell them to dump those applications. 
>>The Tux suite is close to Kidpix but not quite and the board has 
>>invested large amounts of money into the licenses !!!!
>>This is also trus for the Web application so I need to find the best of 
>>the available solutions
>>
>>Replacing their investments is not an option at this time but once in 
>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look out M$   :-D :-D
>>
>>    
>>
>
>If the licenses are already paid, your best bet is to let the boxes
>run Windows for the installed apps and add Cygwin X to access the
>k12ltsp server.  If you run 'Xwin -fullscreen -query k12ltsp_server'
>you shouldn't be able to tell the difference from a thin client
>except that you won't have sound and 'alt-tab' will hide the X screen
>and toggle through the open MS windows (and back).  Later you may
>be able to justify eliminating windows on the basis of the amount of
>time it takes to maintain software installed on each desktop. There
>are other ways to run X that are more convenient for mixing MS and
>X apps, but -fullscreen is probably the least confusing for a new
>user.  If you can arrange for their Linux home directories to be mapped
>by the windows clients so the same files are visible either way, so much
>the better.
>
>---
>  Les Mikesell
>   les at futuresource.com
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