[K12OSN] M$ access from K12LTSP

[norbert]

Hi Les,

There is a "special" agreement between schools & M$ that allows them to 
convert their app licenses toserver licenses. As to the CALs for the 
server, we have found a non-profit source that donates these server 
licenses to schools, so that is no longer an issue. What needs to be 
addressed are the "mechanics" of the solution. Based on a thin-client 
K12LTSP structure what would be the better solution;
1) M$ server with CALs & using rdesktop from each client,
2) M$ server with WinConnect & using rdesktop from each client,
3) VMWare GSX server running on the LTSP, or some other appp server. 
Provided that this can be made to work with thin-clients. My attempts 
with this have not been successful.

Bottom line if anyone has experience with any of the above or has been 
able to get VMWare GSX server working with multiple clients I'd really 
appreciated the input and feedback.

 From the reaction we've gotten thus far schools are far more open to 
this "alternative" then just a K123ltsp replacement of their labs.

I now throw myself out to the community for comments, critiques or 
suggestions.

thanks
norbert


les at futuresource.com wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 20:20, norbert wrote:
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>>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 ?
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>A central server is easier to install and maintain, but
>MS apps are designed to run separately on each desktop
>and you aren't going to get any functional improvement
>by running them remotely unless the desktop machines are
>just too slow.  Also, you probably already paid for
>the desktop copy of windows and the apps and would have
>to buy CALs and a hefty server to run them remotely.
>X, on the other hand, has always been location and OS
>agnostic and the current free Cygwin version seems pretty
>good.  I haven't tested it on exactly the same hardware
>as an ltsp client but a PII 350 laptop running Win2k/Cygwin
>seems fast enough.
>
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