[K12OSN] OT - Web based appliance

[Les Mikesell]

rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:
> Yes, I currently use UltraVNC which is the preferred way to use VNC in
> that situation. 

I think I misunderstood your problem.  The vnc applet is only worth the 
trouble if you can't install a vnc viewer on the client side.

 > I use that for support issues.  No, STI isn't a web
> application.  It is a client server application that has to run on a
> windoze box...  I think that Tarantella will do what I am trying to
> accomplish.  I am trying to get to the point where all of my apps are
> served up in a web interface.  Due to extreme cost, I don't want to go
> the M$ Terminal/Citrix way.  I am not that familiar with FreeNX, but I
> will check it out.  Should I also be looking at possiby running a VM so
> that I could run Windoze apps on my K12LTSP box that will be accessible
> by the thin clients ???

FreeNX just lets you run a remote linux desktop efficiently. The real 
issue here is that you'll need a windows license for every instance of 
windows, even under VMware, and a client license for every rdesktop 
connection to it.  How many of them do you need to run at once?


> Just trying to get to the point where I can roll out thin clients every
> (mostly) where.

Have you tried running the STI client under wine?

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   Les Mikesell
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