[K12OSN] Using Windows XP Professional as a poor man's terminalserver]

[dahopkins at comcast.net]

I'll bite on this one. (Not a flame, just a difference of opinion, especially since I could have gotten a raw deal?)

I am not sure the 2003 is worth it. I have Win2K and it works smoothly with NCS's LDAP/Samba setup.  There are nice bells/whistles with 2003, but ... I have had less problems with Win2K/Samba than with XP/2003/Samba.  I don't use AD which is where alot of the benefits come in if you are a pure MS-setup.

For the pricing, educational costs are still around $40 per TSCAL (or else I really got a bad deal from the state-sanctioned supplier).  Also, you will still need regular CALS (another $6-$7 each).  For 30 stations, this is about $1400.00

Since you are tying in with rdesktop, Win2K should be just fine.  However, you will still be paying for the WTS 2003 product and downgrading to Win2K.  I would be tempted to start at Win2K and move up to 2003 if needed.

Wine I can't address since I have not had time to get our 'legacy' apps running with it yet either (which is why I have the Windows Terminal Server).

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins

> Doug Gough wrote:
> >>I'm involved in a Linux Terminal Server Project and want to 
> >>find an inexpensive way to offer very limited Windows remote 
> >>desktop to a classroom of 30 or more Linux (LTSP) diskless 
> >>thin clients using RDesktop.
> >>
> >>Can this be done with just WinXP or must we purchase a fully 
> >>blown Windows Terminal Server?  Citrix is out of the question 
> >>for budget reasons.
> >>
> > 
> > You'll need Window Server 2003 and the appropriate number of client
> > access licences. Don't use Windows 2000 Server. It works but not nearly
> > as nice as 2003. Microsoft offers educational pricing for this stuff, so
> > you won't have to spend an outrageous amount of money on it. 
> > 
> > However, you should find out if the Windows software you want to use
> > will run in Wine. If it does, then you can install the software on the
> > Linux terminal server and not have to worry about Windows 2003 and
> > client access licences.
> > 
> > Doug Gough
> 

> OK!  Wine may be the great killer app for many of educators.  BUT, how 
> do I install my older Windows edu-tainment apps and make them 
> available for all the users?  This has been a bit of a struggle for 
> me.  Can anyone help on this?  Doug?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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