[K12OSN] WINE with LTSP (was Partner in crime on an LTSP /Wine pitch)

[David Whitmer]

--- Nathan Shaffer <nathan at grandvache.com> wrote:

> While I don't have the time to be a "partner in
> crime", I just wanted  
> to mention that we utilize wine in our LTSP servers
> to run the  
> Accelerated Reader program. (see
> http://www.renlearn.com/)  It allows  
> the students to take AR tests anywhere LTSP is
> installed and works  
> great except for the 10 second screen blackout when
> it sends the test  
> results to the printers. (don't quite know why it
> does that....)  The  
> license that the school has is for a Win/Mac site
> license.  Also  
> helped keep the individual workstation installs to a
> minimum.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Nathan Shaffer
> St John the Apostle School
> Oregon City, OR
> nshaffer at sja.pvt.k12.or.us

Nathan,

How do you have WINE configured on your LTSP server? 
Do you have a single WINE setup that's shared among
all logged-in users, so you'd only need to install a
Windows software package once?  If so, how did you do
that?

David

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