Hello Nicola, Thank you for that information -- it is an important one for sure. Do you know where the specific pricing for Microsoft's licensing can be found?
Joseph On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Nick Rome <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Joseph, > > I am not sure how this can help but I want to clarify that if you install > Office on a Windows Server and then use remote desktop you will need to take > into consideration Microsoft new licensing that now requires not only Office > to be licensed but also the Remote Desktop connection. > > Nicola > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Joseph Bishay <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hello Ville, >> >> That 'play_on_Linux' application looks perfect. Were you able to >> open/close your /home folder files easier? >> >> I'm wondering if anyone has experience with it in an LTSP environment? >> Will it play nicely with multi-users? >> >> Thank you >> Joseph >> >> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Ville Pöntinen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Office 2010 installs and runs nicely if you use play_on_linux. >> > >> > On linux desktop anyway but thats what i would try on ltsp. >> > >> > 12.6.2013 21.04 "Frank Van Damme" <[email protected]> kirjoitti: >> >> >> >> 2013/6/11 Joseph Bishay <[email protected]>: >> >> > >> >> > I've been asked to figure out how to have staff access MS Word using >> >> > our network. OpenOffice / Libre Office apparently isn't good enough >> >> > (compatibility issues when moving files between one location that's >> >> > Word and one that's Libre Office). >> >> > >> >> > Is this possible? I know there's software like Wine and Crossover - >> >> > are those the recommended ways to do this? Or remote desktop to a >> >> > Windows server? If that is the case, will the staff still be able to >> >> > access their LTSP home files? >> >> > >> >> > I appreciate your feedback! >> >> >> >> No single answer is going to be the best to this question, but my >> >> advice would be: try Wine and test it. The "normal" wine versions are >> >> installable by ubuntu packages so that's practical; with some luck you >> >> may run the installer out of the box. Support is not perfect but it >> >> seems to work: >> >> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=11 >> >> >> >> If you're going to try any proprietary derivative of Wine, Crossover >> >> or bordeaux are probably the best bet in your situation. >> >> http://wiki.winehq.org/ThirdPartyApplications >> >> >> >> I personally would only start looking at remote application solutions >> >> if none of the above suits your needs; for example a Citrix server to >> >> run just the Office applications, which will be a lot less practical >> >> to your end user because the integration with their desktop will be >> >> bad (things like drag and drop). >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Frank Van Damme >> >> "My new computer came with Windows 7. Windows 7 is much more user- >> >> friendly >> >> than Windows Vista. I don’t like that.” >> >> -- Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory >> >> >> >> -- >> >> edubuntu-users mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >> > >> > >> > -- >> > edubuntu-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >> > >> >> -- >> edubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
